英语词组to put a good/bold face on something是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

put a good face on

To act as though a particular situation is not as undesirable or grim as it really is. Although my mother tried to put a good face on her medical situation, I knew that her health was rapidly deteriorating. They tried to put a good face on their break-up, but we all knew that they had been fighting with each other for weeks.

*(all) set

(to do something) prepared or ready to do something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Are you set to cook the steaks? Yes, the fire is ready, and I'm all set to start.

set

1. n. a period of time that a band plays without a break; a thirty-minute jam session. We do two sets and then take a twenty-minute break.

2. n. a party. Your set was a totally major bash!

put a good/bold face on something, to

To make the best of things. This term has been around since the fourteenth century, and the practice itself, of pretending things are better than they are, is no doubt much older. “Set a good face on a bad matter,” wrote Humphrey Gifford (A Posie of Gilloflowers, 1580).

词组	to put a good/bold face on something
释义	(redirected from to put a good/bold face on something) put a good face on To act as though a particular situation is not as undesirable or grim as it really is. Although my mother tried to put a good face on her medical situation, I knew that her health was rapidly deteriorating. They tried to put a good face on their break-up, but we all knew that they had been fighting with each other for weeks. (all) set (to do something) prepared or ready to do something. (Typically: be ~; get ~.) Are you set to cook the steaks? Yes, the fire is ready, and I'm all set to start. set 1. n. a period of time that a band plays without a break; a thirty-minute jam session. We do two sets and then take a twenty-minute break. 2. n. a party. Your set was a totally major bash! put a good/bold face on something, to To make the best of things. This term has been around since the fourteenth century, and the practice itself, of pretending things are better than they are, is no doubt much older. “Set a good face on a bad matter,” wrote Humphrey Gifford (A Posie of Gilloflowers, 1580).
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