sunlit uplands

名词 n.
英 /ˌsʌnlɪt ˈʌpləndz/    美 /ˌsʌnlɪt ˈʌpləndz/|/-ˈəp-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wished-for place or time of happiness and prosperity. UK,figuratively,plural,plural-only
    — We find in the nation as a whole, the people chosen of God to preserve his name and worship throughout many generations, moving on the sunlit uplands, while the world sat in shadow beneath.

词源

From sunlit (“illuminated by sunlight”) + uplands (“areas in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation”) (evoking a pleasant, happy place), popularized by its use in the “This was their finest hour” speech delivered by Winston Churchill (1874–1965), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to the House of Commons on 18 June 1940: see the quotation.
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