• n. 盲目樂觀的人

來自美國兒童文學家Eleanor Hodgman Porter于1913年所著的兒童小說《Pollyanna》的主角兒童女英雄Pollyanna Whittier,她身處逆境，但是永遠保持著樂觀的心態(tài)，不僅讓自己得到了快樂，也感染了身邊的人。引申詞義樂觀的人，后詞義帶貶義。

Pollyanna (n.)

"one who finds cause for gladness in the most difficult situations," 1921, a reference to Pollyanna Whittier, child heroine of U.S. novelist Eleanor Hodgman Porter's "Pollyanna" (1913) and "Pollyanna Grows Up" (1915), who was noted for keeping her chin up during disasters.

1. But it is not the indiscriminate applause of a Pollyanna.

但這絕對不是在做爛好人.

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2. So do you have to be a stand - up comic or a Pollyanna to be positive?

那么,要做到樂觀向上你必須是一個演 獨角戲 的喜劇演員或盲目樂觀的人 嗎 ?

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3. This is not meant to turn you into a Pollyanna, but to sharpen your selling skills.

這不是說要把你轉(zhuǎn)變成盲目樂觀的人, 只是提升你的銷售技巧.

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