Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English英语 term or phrase:
Stack the deck in your favor
Chinese汉语 translation:
为自己洗一副好牌/凡事往好的方面去想。
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clearwater
Jan 28, 2008 03:50
17 yrs ago
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English英语 term
Stack the deck in your favor
English英语译成Chinese汉语
社会科学
体育/健身/娱乐
How to be an optimist
{Stack the deck in your favor.}
It's easy to be envious: Compare yourself to those with thinner thighs and fatter bank accounts and you'll always come up wanting—and pessimistic. But the corollary is also true: No matter how bad things get, there's always someone who's worse off.
In one simple study, subjects were randomly divided into two subgroups. One group was to finish the sentence "I wish I were a ___." The other was asked to complete the sentence "I'm glad I'm not a ___." When individuals rated their sense of satisfaction with their lives before and after this task, those who completed the "I'm glad I'm not a ___" sentence were significantly more satisfied than before.
It's easy to be envious: Compare yourself to those with thinner thighs and fatter bank accounts and you'll always come up wanting—and pessimistic. But the corollary is also true: No matter how bad things get, there's always someone who's worse off.
In one simple study, subjects were randomly divided into two subgroups. One group was to finish the sentence "I wish I were a ___." The other was asked to complete the sentence "I'm glad I'm not a ___." When individuals rated their sense of satisfaction with their lives before and after this task, those who completed the "I'm glad I'm not a ___" sentence were significantly more satisfied than before.
Proposed translations
(Chinese汉语)
3 +2 | 为自己洗一副好牌 |
chica nueva
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3 +4 | 比下有余 |
laoloup
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Proposed translations
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为自己洗一副好牌
为自己洗一副好牌
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Comment: "多谢!"
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比下有余
如果总是羡慕别人(比上),幸福感较差(不足);相反,幸福感就高一些,那就是比下有余了。
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H. J. Zhang
: 或者“比下不比上”
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更有意思!
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Wallace Gu
: "比下不比上" seems to be closer to the meaning of the source.
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Milton Guo
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franksf
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