单词 | bittersweet |
释义 | bittersweet (bɪtəʳswiːt ) also bitter-sweet 1. adjective If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. ...bittersweet memories of his first appearance for the team. 2. adjective A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time. ...a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour. Collocations: bittersweet experience It was a bittersweet experience. Times, Sunday Times That proved to be a bittersweet experience. The Sun The other was a bittersweet experience. Christianity Today She has now met her halfsiblings - a bittersweet experience. The Sun But putting 99 points on the books proved to be a bittersweet experience. Houston Chronicle He realised the idea could work with adult characters to capture the bittersweet feeling of returning to your home town and feeling like a stranger. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But there was such a bittersweet feeling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a very bittersweet feeling for me. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A bittersweet moment, not just for the contestants but for some of us viewers as well. The Sun (2015) I had wanted to do so much better, so it was a very bittersweet moment. The Sun (2016) It's always a bittersweet moment. The Sun (2011) It was a bittersweet moment for Sally. The Sun (2012) It was an excruciatingly bittersweet moment for Winnie. The Sun (2006) She calls theirs 'a bittersweet story' with regrets over missed opportunities and the joy of finally being together. Times, Sunday Times His bittersweet story of love, perseverance, sacrifice and redemption sold 15 million copies. Times, Sunday Times Although it's not a conventional romcom, this bittersweet story will still have you smiling through your tears. The Sun A moving and bittersweet story. The Sun We end, as we must, with an act of forgiveness but its sweet naivety is tinged with the bittersweet taste of experience. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Did you leave office with a bittersweet taste, or did you feel it was time? Christianity Today (2000) Oh, the bittersweet taste of irony. Times, Sunday Times (2007) |
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