"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.
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1. But it is not the indiscriminate applause of a Pollyanna.
但这绝对不是在做烂好人.
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2. So do you have to be a stand - up comic or a Pollyanna to be positive?
那么,要做到乐观向上你必须是一个演 独角戏 的喜剧演员或盲目乐观的人 吗 ?
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3. This is not meant to turn you into a Pollyanna, but to sharpen your selling skills.
