查询词典 in the lap of the gods

The outcome of this experiment is in the lap of the gods.

这实验的结果要看天意。

The outcome of the experiment is in the lap of the gods .

实验的结果如何，只好听天由命。

Everything is out of her control and she is in the lap of the gods to bring her baby home safely.

所有事情都不在她的掌控中，她对于能否把她的宝宝安全带回家里毫无把握。

Whether or not he succeed s is in the lap of the gods.

他能否成功尚难以预料。

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cook, because so much of the enjoyment of life lies within his power to give or to take away as he sees fit.

（我们的生命不是在神的掌握之中，而是在厨子的掌握之中，因为我们享受生活的权利很大才程度上掌握在他的手中，在于他认为适时地给予还是拿走。

The outcome of the experiment is in the lap of the gods.

实验结果尚难预料。

He thought that I did not value the hard-won job (my mother asked for help and gave presents to others in order to transfer me to the said neighborhood factory from the capital construction team) and the consequence was in the lap of the gods in case of my quitting or dismissal of the job some day.

我的行为也引起了父亲的不满，他认为我太不珍惜这来之不易的工作（我母亲当时为了把我从基建队的临时工弄到这家街道工厂来，到处求人送礼，费了不少工夫），万一哪天丢掉这个饭碗，后果难以预料。

The weather may still be in the lap of the gods but the fecundity of the soil can now be improved by more down-to-earth means. The run-up in the price of fertiliser, which reached a peak along with most agricultural commodities in 2008, gave a taste of the money to be made by feeding the world.

虽说现在天气仍有天神掌管，可是土地的肥沃程度却能通过一些实际的方式加以提高。2008年，化肥价格和大多数农产品价格一样，都达到了一个峰值，化肥价格的攀升也让那些投资于化肥行业的资本大显身手。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。