| 单词 | to look on the bright side of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look on (formerly also †to) the bright (or dark, etc.) side of (something) (i) to look on (formerly also †to) the bright (or dark, etc.) side of (something): to consider a positive (or negative) aspect or facet of (something, esp. a situation or event); to regard (something) with optimism (or pessimism). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > be cheerfully optimistic to look on (formerly also to) the bright (or dark, etc.) side of (something)1663 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > be or become melancholy [verb (intransitive)] > view pessimistically to look on (formerly also to) the bright (or dark, etc.) side of (something)1848 1663 T. Brooks in Second & Last Coll. London Ministers Farewel Serm. 68 Look as well on the bright side as on the darke side of the cloud. 1715 G. Sendall Disc. Brevity & Misery Human Life 34 Many look only on the bright Side, and best part of it. 1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany I. xx. 232 It is very true, that when you look on the dark side of them only, great cities seem a disgrace to humanity. 1833 W. F. Hook Let. 9 Dec. in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. W. F. Hook (1878) I. iv. 258 I am a bit of an optimist, I always look to the bright side of things. 1848 J. Ruskin Let. 17 Mar. in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) xi. 98 My disposition is to look to the worst side of things and..I feared you were entirely ruined. 1875 Missouri Dental Jrnl. 7 279 He always looked on the gloomy side of this world's affairs. 1914 R. L. Frost North of Boston 69 But I don't count on it as much as Len. He looks on the bright side of everything. 1926 Hardware Dealers' Mag. Mar. 29 (advt.) Why look on the unpleasant side of this picture. 2007 J. Swain Midnight Rambler vii. 41 Jessie was always telling me to look on the bright side of things. < as lemmas |
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