at the best of times

介词短语
中文释义
英 /æt‿ðə ˈbɛst‿əv ˈtaɪmz/    美 /æt‿ðə ˈbɛst‿əv ˈtaɪmz/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Even under the most favourable conditions. idiomatic
    — When that gentleman came from the city, and was welcomed in the drawing-room by his daughters and the elegant Miss Wirt, they saw at once by his face—which was puffy, solemn, and yellow at the best of times—and by the scowl and twitching of his black eye-brows, that the heart within his large white waistcoat was disturbed and uneasy.
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