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词汇 Pollyanna
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Pollyanna

noun
/ˌpɒliˈænə/
/ˌpɑːliˈænə/
[usually singular]
  1. a person who is always cheerful and expects only good things to happen盲目乐观的人;无忧无虑的人
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    词源From the name of a character created by the US writer of children’s stories, Eleanor Hodgman Porter.
    CultureThe character appears in the novels Pollyanna (1913) and Pollyanna Grows Up (1915). Pollyanna was later a silent film (1920) with Mary Pickford and a Walt Disney film (1960) with Hayley Mills.
    词源early 20th cent.: the name of the optimistic heroine created by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868–1920), American author of children's stories.
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