| 单词 | to make the worst of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the worst of e. to make the worst of: to regard or represent in the most unfavourable light; (also) to derive the least possible advantage or benefit from (a situation, esp. one which is already unsatisfactory). Cf. to make the best of at best adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 4c(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. M.ivv For yll wyll makyth, the worst of euery thynge. 1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. C i For if they woulde make the worste of it, they can not make it a damnable sinne to saye that ther remaineth bread and wine in the Sacramente. 1627 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 438 King James, who..wanted not some suggesters about him to make the worst of all mens actions whom they could misreport. 1691 J. Bancroft King Edward III iii. i. 24 We that are given to fasting Eat Fish, and fish is of a Provoking Disgestion, and make the worst of what you were saying, 'twas but veniall. 1737 T. Morgan Moral Philosopher 135 That I may not..be thought to make the worst of a bad Matter, I shall suppose [etc.]. 1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. viii. 162 But it's over, you know; so what signifies making the worst of it? 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxvi. 363 Now I was hot, and had made the worst of it, instead of the best. 1877 R. C. Trench Lect. Med. Ch. Hist. 115 Roman Catholic writers make no attempt to conceal the depth of desecration and dishonour which the Papacy then passed through; nay, they seem rather to take a pleasure in making the worst of this. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net (1960) 161 He was now changing over from making the worst of the affair to making the best of it. 2016 Lacombe Globe (Nexis) 21 July a7 The government continually finds ways to make the worst of a bad situation. < as lemmas |
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