be for the best

GOOD ENOUGH especially spoken used to say that a particular event may seem bad now, but might have a good result later 也许不是件坏事

I still don’t want him to go, but maybe it’s for the best.

我还是不希望他去，但这也许是件好事。

Examples from the Corpus

be for the best• Even though I lost my job, I knew it was for the best. It gave me the chance to start again.• After all, it may be for the best.• Anything that spurs creativity behind the bar must be for the best.• He can smell nothing, which is for the best.• I decided to decide that it was for the best.• It may well be for the best.• Maybe it is for the best.• No one has been so heartless as to suggest we skip the picnic, but it is for the best.• Still, perhaps it was for the best.

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词汇	be for the best
释义	be for the best be for the best GOOD ENOUGH especially spoken used to say that a particular event may seem bad now, but might have a good result later 也许不是件坏事 I still don’t want him to go, but maybe it’s for the best. 我还是不希望他去，但这也许是件好事。 Examples from the Corpus be for the best• Even though I lost my job, I knew it was for the best. It gave me the chance to start again.• After all, it may be for the best.• Anything that spurs creativity behind the bar must be for the best.• He can smell nothing, which is for the best.• I decided to decide that it was for the best.• It may well be for the best.• Maybe it is for the best.• No one has been so heartless as to suggest we skip the picnic, but it is for the best.• Still, perhaps it was for the best. → be for the best at best3(13)
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