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

• 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。
• "Every cloud has a silver lining," says the optimist.
  乐观者说：每片云彩都有一线希望。
• 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。
• There might, however, be a silver lining.
  不过也许还有一线希望。
• 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。
• At the beginning of this year, he returned to Shanghai and saw the silver lining.
  今年年初，他回到上海，看到了一丝希望。
• That is silver lining for well capitalized oil majors, which retain access to lower cost funding.
  对财力雄厚的石油巨头来说，这是一个好消息，它们仍然能够获得较低成本的融资。
• While no expert would recommend crying as a strategy for career success, there is a silver lining.
  尽管从来没有专家建议把哭泣作为职业成功的策略，但这种情况也有一丝亮点。