| 单词 | the best of both worlds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe best of both worlds a. the best of both worlds: the benefits available from two seemingly incompatible or alternative options. Also occasionally the best of all worlds.In early use with reference to the earthly and heavenly worlds. ΚΠ 1822 J. Squire Gleanings in Fields Boaz II. 497 Men surely cannot expect to have the best of both worlds. 1860 E. House Homilist lxii. 368 The religious man does make ‘the best of both worlds’, but it is not by serving God and mammon. 1922 L. Weaver Small Country Houses of To-day (ed. 3) xxv. 127 By the combination of open fires with central heating, one gets the best of both worlds. 1960 Daily Tel. 20 Aug. 7/1 A waterfront hotel where you can..have the best of both worlds by spending your holiday sailing yet being able to live ashore in warm, dry comfort. 1969 Nondestructive Evaluation (National Materials Advisory Board) p. v The ultimate users, desiring the best of all worlds, have compounded the problems. 2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 37 The biographer wants the best of both worlds—the artistic freedom to invent and the reliance on authenticated fact. < as lemmas |
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