bittersweet

UK:  [.bɪtə(r)'swiːt]

US:  ['bɪtər.swit]

复数：bittersweets  

n.

1.甘苦茄

2.〔植〕美洲南蛇藤

3.千年不烂心

adj.

1.又苦又甜的

1 . Memories of my son's birth will always be bittersweet for me , but it was at the time that I learned an important truth about living.
回忆其儿子的出生，我总是感到既心酸又甜蜜，然而正是那时我学到了生活中一条重要的真谛，快乐于悲伤并驾齐驱，并且总是会相互纠缠；

2 . The Miami Herald called it "a highly readable, bittersweet rediscovery of an art dealer who made a difference. "
迈阿密先驱报称之为“高度可读的，苦乐参半的再发现一个不同的艺术品经销商谁的。”

3 . that what appeared to have been a sunshiny love song perhaps is in fact a bittersweet imagination of a deluded lover.
在《永远的第一天》结束前，我们会发觉这首看似欢乐的歌，也许实际上是对一个虚假爱人的甘苦想象。

4 . you know there was something kind of bittersweet about it, but optimistic.
其中有苦也有乐，当然是乐观的。

5 . Whatever the causes, the Lakers transformed what should have been a tasty win into a bittersweet one.
不管原因是什么，湖人把一场本应该很甜蜜的赢球化为苦涩的赢球。