【句子】It's comforting to know there's this silver lining. 【Desperate Housewives S2E6】
【发音】/ɪts/ /ˈkʌm.fə(r).tɪŋ/ /tʊ/ /nəʊ/ /ðeə(r)z/ /ðɪs/ /ˈsɪl.və(r)/ /ˈlaɪ.nɪŋ/
【发音技巧】暂无;
【翻译】总算在黑暗中还有一丝光明。/这事儿还有好的一面,真是让人感到欣慰。
【适用场合】
今天节目中,我们学习一下silver lining的用法。
其实这已经不是我们第一次见到它的使用了。
之前节目中,我们学习过这样一段话:
Every cloud has a silver lining.
字面意思是:“每朵乌云后面总有一线光明”;它可以引申为:“黑暗中总有一线希望;乌云背后总有阳光”这样的意思;
所以今天视频中的silver lining的意思,跟这个也有很大关系,可以理解成:a consoling or hopeful prospect,一个让人感觉到欣慰、或者充满希望的方面;
eg: If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
如果丢掉工作这事儿有益处的话,那就是我将能够全日制上学,早点拿到我的学位了。
eg: There could be a silver lining to getting laid off—you might find a job you actually like!
下岗也可能有好处的:你可能会找到一份你真正喜欢的工作!
eg: The rally had a disappointing turnout, but the silver lining was that those who came pledged a great deal of money.
这次集会的到场率让人失望,但是有一个好的方面就是:来了的人认捐了一大笔钱。
eg: The fall in inflation is the silver lining in this prolonged recession.
通货膨胀率的下降是这场旷日持久的经济衰退中的一线希望。
eg: I must say, I had trouble finding a silver lining in the report.
我不得不说,在这份报告里,我看不出任何希望。
eg: Even Clarke, usually a man to find a silver lining in the blackest cloud, admitted that the company was in trouble.
就算是克拉克这个经常在困境中乐观积极的人,都承认这家公司有麻烦了。
值得注意的是,有的时候,人们也会说:every silver lining has a cloud,什么意思呢?
“每个好事都会有一些不好的方面”;
来看看对应的英文解释:
It means that every good situation has a bad aspect.
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We got on brilliantly. He was clever, kind, funny — and leaving for New York on Tuesday. Every silver lining has a cloud, it seems.