silver lining

英 [ˈsɪlvə(r) ˈlaɪnɪŋ]

美 [ˈsɪlvər ˈlaɪnɪŋ]

n.  (困境中的)一线希望

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 黑暗中总有一线光明
  If you say thatevery cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it.
  1. As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. We have drawn lessons from the decisions taken.
     正如他们所说，黑暗中总有一线光明，我们已从所作的决定中汲取了教训。
• N-SING (困境中的)一线希望
  If you talk about asilver lining, you are talking about something positive that comes out of a sad or unpleasant situation.
  1. The fall in inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession.
     通货膨胀的下降是长期经济衰退中的一线转机。

英英释义

noun

• a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
  1. every cloud has a silver lining
  2. look on the bright side of it
  Synonym:bright side

双语例句

• Look for the silver lining of change.
  寻找变化中的好处。
• But there is a silver lining here that is important to consider.
  但是这里有一个重要的要考虑到的“好处”。
• It takes a relentless sort of optimist to find a silver lining in the world's dark economic clouds.
  要想在世界黑暗的经济乌云中找到一线亮光，需要百折不挠的乐观精神才行。
• The Indian finance ministry's mid-year review, released this week, sees the external sector as a silver lining around the country's huge fiscal deficit.
  印度财政部长本周发布了年中报告，报告认为对外部门给该国巨额财政赤字带来了一线希望。
• There might, however, be a silver lining.
  不过也许还有一线希望。
• One leading western businessman worried about the protectionist threat saw a silver lining in the attacks on high finance.
  一位担心保护主义威胁的西方著名商界人士从对金融高管的抨击中看到了一线希望。
• It seems there is always a silver lining, but I'm not certain in this case.
  似乎总是有一线希望，但我不能确定在这种情况下。
• In the interim, is there a silver lining to ongoing US dollar weakness?
  就中期来看，目前美元汇率不断走软的局面会否出现一线曙光呢？
• There is one silver lining.
  不过事情仍是有一线希望的。
• So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining.
  所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦绝不是为了你们，2000年毕业生。