| 词汇 | starry-eyed |
| 释义 | starry-eyed adjective uk /ˌstɑː.riˈaɪd/ us /ˌstɑː.riˈaɪd/ If you are starry-eyed, you have a lot of thoughts and opinions that are unreasonably positive, so you do not understand things as they really are: 天真的，过分乐观的，不切实际的 It's easy to be starry-eyed about a place you've never been to.人们很容易把从来没去过的地方想得过于美好。 Hoping and hopefulness appealingly beyond someone's expectations boosterish boosterism bright spot fancy hope springs eternalidiom hopeful hopefully hopefulness ill it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom over-optimism over-optimistic over-optimistically pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom pious pipe dream positively wing You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Naive & trusting Examples of starry-eyedstarry-eyed It shows how ivory-towered and starry-eyed the drafter of such a report can be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn now to the starry-eyed ideal that we could step off the world and become neutral. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, we should not be too starry-eyed about family life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantage of being regarded as a harmless, starry-eyed idealist, however, is that nobody is afraid of me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every vague, starry-eyed, fashionable proposal for further advances in political or monetary union therefore demands the most earnest and searching scrutiny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those of us who are strong advocates of small businesses do not support them because of some starry-eyed sense of nostalgia. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone less like a starry-eyed, woolly-minded intellectual it would be very hard to find. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How they sat there looking up to him with their little faces glowing, rosy-cheeked and starry-eyed! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the most starry-eyed optimist would feel some misgivings on that matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would call it guess and gloss—a good deal of starry-eyed speculative optimism transparently glossing over the difficulties of the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am inclined to think that on the whole we have been too starry-eyed about the promises of all the parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that it is starry-eyed or idealistic to think of doubling the funding for the organisation during the coming year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to introduce a note of scepticism, an element of doubt, into what has been at times a rather starry-eyed debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us be realistic and not too starry-eyed about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, law reform is a subject on which it is very easy to be starry-eyed or unrealistic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of starry-eyed These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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