| 词汇 | a place in the sun |
| 释义 | Idiom a place in the suna/(someone's) place in the sun a job or situation that makes you happy and that provides you with all the money and things that you want.After struggling for years to make a name for himself, he's certainly earned his place in the sun. a/(one's) place in the sunAn advantageous or favorable position or situation. Your place in the sun will be assured when you win this match. After being a secondary player on the world stage, the emerging power began to look for its place in the sun. a place in the sunIf someone has a place in the sun, they are in a job or situation where they are happy and have everything that they want. I think I've earned my place in the sun. They were looking forward to a period of stability and the chance of a place in the sun. Note: This phrase was used by Bernard von Bulow, the German Chancellor, in a speech to the German parliament in 1897, referring to his country's desire to play a part in the colonization of East Asia: `We do not wish to force anyone into the shade, but demand our own place in the sun'. a place in the ˈsun(of a person) a very favourable position, especially in your professional life: When he was offered a professorship at Caltech, he felt that he had finally found his place in the sun.This is a translation of a phrase used in Pascal’s Pensées in the seventeenth century. |
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