rosy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ros·y /ˈrəʊzi $ ˈroʊ-/ adjective (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest) 1 HOPEseeming to offer hope of success or happiness 充满成功希望的，美好的 a company that sees a rosy future for itself 认为业务前景一片光明的公司 Letters to relatives in Europe painted a rosy picture of life in the United States. 写给欧洲亲戚的信把美国的生活描绘得如花似锦。2 CCpink 粉红色的 the kids' rosy cheeks 孩子们红润的双颊
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rosy• There will be dot.com casualties and job layoffs, and tech stocks will look less rosy.• Thanks to Douglas, her future was rosy.• Things were looking less rosy all of a sudden.• She looked like a virgin who cleaned her teeth after every meal and delighted to take great bites from rosy apples.• rosy cheeks• a rosy financial report• In fact, from then on the rest of the evening seemed to be bathed in a glorious, rosy light.• The rosy outlook for equity prices over the near-term meshes with my bullish forecast for 30-year Treasury bonds.• And that figure paints a misleadingly rosy picture.• Private economists counter that the rosy statistics hide serious problems.• The smells were wrong, and the thin rosy sunlight, and how the men seemed wrapped inside them-selves.rosy cheeks• Billy Brown had rosy cheeks, blue eyes and smiled all the time.• Carefully paint eyes, a nose, a mouth and rosy cheeks on to the pixie's face.• Her own rosy cheeks were so countrified.ros·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
happiness Corpus seeming of offer success to hope or
rosy
ros‧y /ˈrəʊzi $ ˈroʊ-/
adjective (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)
1. seeming to offer hope of success or happiness:
a company that sees a rosy future for itself
Letters to relatives in Europe painted a rosy picture of life in the United States.
2. pink:
the kids' rosy cheeks
▪ optimistic believing that good things will happen: I’m optimistic about our chances of winning. | an optimistic view of the future
▪hopeful believing that what you hope for will happen: The test results made him feel more hopeful about his chances of recovery.
▪positive thinking about what is good in a situation, rather than what is bad: Try to be more positive about your work. | She has a very positive attitude to life.
▪upbeat having a cheerful attitude and showing that you expect to succeed, or that a situation will get better, especially the economic or political situation: The Prime Minister was upbeat, predicting that the economy would soon come out of recession. | an upbeat message about the party’s chances of winning the election
▪bullish feeling confident about the future – used especially when talking the economic situation, or a company’s chances of success: He’s very bullish about the company’s prospects. | Stockmarket analysts expect the bullish trend to continue.
▪sanguine formal hopeful and not worried about what will happen in the future, especially when the situation seems difficult – a very formal use: Koons himself somehow remains sanguine in the face of all the criticism. | Other commentators are less sanguine, and fear that the world economy is on the verge of recession.
▪rosy if the future or your life seems rosy, it seems good and you expect good things to happen: The future looks rosy for the team. | Returning soldiers found life less rosy than they had hoped. | The price of oil keeps going up, and things look pretty rosy for the big oil companies.
▪look on the bright side to consider the good parts of a situation, which seems bad in many other ways – used especially when telling someone that they should do this: Look on the bright side – it could have been a lot worse.
ros‧y /ˈrəʊzi $ ˈroʊ-/
adjective (comparative rosier, superlative rosiest)1. seeming to offer hope of success or happiness:
2. pink:
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