查询词典 make the best of a bad job

John tried to make the best of a bad job and made himself a cup of hot tea.

房间又小又冷，John给自己弄了杯热茶来补救一下。

It's no use complaining about the failure of our experiment; what we should do now is to make the best of a bad job and get ready to start anew.

试验失败了，抱怨也无济于事。我们现在应尽最大努力，重新开始。

"The best thing that can be said for American youth, in or out of uniform, is that it has learned that it must try to make the best of a bad and difficult job, whether that job is life, war, or both," Time concluded.

"对于美国年轻人，不论是在读的还是进入职场的，最大的问题是他们都已经学会必须随遇而安，不管遇到的倒霉事儿是生活还是战争，还是二者兼有，"《时代》作出了这样的结论

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。