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单词 starry-eyed
释义
starry-eyed
adjective
uk
/ˌstɑː.riˈaɪd/us
/ˌstɑː.riˈaɪd/
If you are starry-eyed, you have a lot ofthoughtsandopinionsthat areunreasonablypositive, so you do notunderstandthings as they really are:
天真的，过分乐观的，不切实际的
It'seasyto be starry-eyed about aplaceyou've never been to.人们很容易把从来没去过的地方想得过于美好。
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(Definition ofstarry-eyedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstarry-eyed

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It shows how ivory-towered andstarry-eyedthe drafter of such a report can be.
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I turn now to thestarry-eyedideal that we could step off the world and become neutral.
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Of course, we should not be toostarry-eyedabout family life.
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The advantage of being regarded as a harmless,starry-eyedidealist, however, is that nobody is afraid of me.
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Every vague,starry-eyed, fashionable proposal for further advances in political or monetary union therefore demands the most earnest and searching scrutiny.
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Those of us who are strong advocates of small businesses do not support them because of somestarry-eyedsense of nostalgia.
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Anyone less like astarry-eyed, woolly-minded intellectual it would be very hard to find.
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How they sat there looking up to him with their little faces glowing, rosy-cheeked andstarry-eyed!
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Even the moststarry-eyedoptimist would feel some misgivings on that matter.
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I would call it guess and gloss—a good deal ofstarry-eyedspeculative optimism transparently glossing over the difficulties of the situation.
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I am inclined to think that on the whole we have been toostarry-eyedabout the promises of all the parties.
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I do not believe that it isstarry-eyedor idealistic to think of doubling the funding for the organisation during the coming year.
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I want to introduce a note of scepticism, an element of doubt, into what has been at times a ratherstarry-eyeddebate.
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Let us be realistic and not toostarry-eyedabout this.
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Of course, law reform is a subject on which it is very easy to bestarry-eyedor unrealistic.
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