喜樂美語
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    Full of hope and excitement about something, in a way the speaker thinks is naive — you are so that you cannot see the boring or difficult parts. The picture behind it is someone whose eyes are shining, as if there were stars in them.

    Full of hope and excitement about something對某件事充滿希望和興奮 in a way the speaker thinks is naive但講話的人覺得這樣有點天真 you are so dazzled that you cannot see the boring or difficult parts你被迷得太厲害，看不見那些無聊或困難的部分 The picture behind it is someone whose eyes are shining這個字背後的畫面，是一個人眼睛發亮 as if there were stars in them好像裡面有星星一樣

    Two typical uses: about young people beginning something (a starry-eyed graduate arriving in the big city, a starry-eyed new teacher), and about people in love (a starry-eyed couple who have known each other three weeks). It is nearly always critical, but the criticism is gentle and often — the speaker usually likes the person and is a bit sad that reality will get to them.

    Two typical uses兩種典型用法 about young people beginning something一種是講剛開始做某件事的年輕人 (a starry-eyed graduate arriving in the big city, a starry-eyed new teacher)（像是剛到大城市、starry-eyed的畢業生，或是starry-eyed的新老師） and about people in love另一種是講戀愛中的人 (a starry-eyed couple who have known each other three weeks)（像是才認識三週、starry-eyed的一對情侶） It is nearly always mildly critical它幾乎總是帶點輕微的批評 but the criticism is gentle and often affectionate但這種批評是溫和的，也常常帶著疼愛 the speaker usually likes the person說話的人通常喜歡這個人 and is a bit sad that reality will get to them只是有點難過，覺得現實遲早會找上他們

    It is not the word for genuine, well-founded optimism; if the hope is sensible, you say 'hopeful' or 'optimistic'.

    It is not the word for genuine, well-founded optimism它不是用來講真正、有根據的樂觀的字 if the hope is sensible如果那個希望是合理的 you say 'hopeful' or 'optimistic'你要說'hopeful'或'optimistic'

    It can also describe the hopes themselves ('starry-eyed plans'), meaning the plans ignore the real costs. It sits at the informal-to-neutral level and appears a lot in journalism.

    It can also describe the hopes themselves它也可以形容希望本身 ('starry-eyed plans')（'starry-eyed plans'） meaning the plans ignore the real costs意思是那些計畫忽略了真正的代價 It sits at the informal-to-neutral level它的語體介於口語和中性之間 and appears a lot in journalism在新聞報導裡也很常出現

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組成starry (star + -y, 'like stars / full of stars') + eyed ('having eyes of a certain kind'). '-eyed' builds many compounds describing a look on a person's face.

同家族的字

  • wide-eyedsame -eyed pattern; also suggests innocence and inexperience
  • bright-eyedsame -eyed pattern; alert and eager
  • blue-eyedsame -eyed pattern, but plain physical description
  • starrythe same star + -y adjective, as in 'a starry night'

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

starry-eyedadj

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    Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.

    • He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。