应许之地：被认为能够实现希望最终满足或实现的某个地方或状态。
promised land //
可数名词 If you refer to a place or a state as a promised land, you mean that people desire it and expect to find happiness or success there. 应许之地; 福地
...the promised land of near-zero inflation.
...通货膨胀几乎为零的乐土。
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
同义词： Eden / paradise / Nirvana / heaven / Shangri-la
the goal towards which Christians strive
...土地都为民族国家所覆盖，而占领他国领土的代价也超出了一国所能承受的范畴，因而类似于犹太人的将“应许之地”（promised land）作为统合民族的终极动力的手段，已不再具有可行性。
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There is no Promised Land.
没有应许之地。
How To Be More Creative and Productive In The Promised land?
如何更高效、更具创造性？
Thousands of families took to the roads leading to the Promised Land, California.
成千上万的家庭踏上了通向希望之乡——加利福尼亚的大路。
He brought his people out of slavery to the promised land.
VOA : special.2011.02.13
And although Jacob appears to be something of an anti-hero He actually literally limps into the Promised Land alone Jacob is a new and honest man.
尽管雅各布貌似是一个反英雄式人物,他实际上确实是独自艰难地进入应许之地的,雅各布是一个全新的诚实的人。
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So God is repeatedly testing and correcting the Israelites until they are ready for the Promised Land.
因此上帝屡屡地考验且纠正以色列人,只到他们准备好了前往应许之地。
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"Ingathering of the exiles" refers to the vision of the biblical prophets, who said the Jews would return to the Promised Land of Israel after a long exile among the nations.
VOA : standard.2009.08.05
Indeed, many different coaches have tried and failed to take Zimbabwe to the promised land.
The Czech Republic is less a promised land than a cash-strapped economy in transition.
Perhaps better than any other forum, it brings the issues raised in Promised Land to life.