英语词汇mr micawber的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Mr. Micawber. A Mr. Micawber is an incurable optimist and to be micawberish is to be incurably cheerful and optimistic. The words honor Mr. Wilkins Micawber of Dickens’s David Copperfield, one of the immortal author’s immortal characters. Mr. Micawber fails at every scheme he tries, but remains cer- tain that “something will turn up,” and is always optimistic and cheerful. No fool, he is an honest, able man and his optimism does prevail, for he finally emigrates to Australia and becomes a magistrate.

词汇	mr micawber
词源	Mr. Micawber. A Mr. Micawber is an incurable optimist and to be micawberish is to be incurably cheerful and optimistic. The words honor Mr. Wilkins Micawber of Dickens’s David Copperfield, one of the immortal author’s immortal characters. Mr. Micawber fails at every scheme he tries, but remains cer- tain that “something will turn up,” and is always optimistic and cheerful. No fool, he is an honest, able man and his optimism does prevail, for he finally emigrates to Australia and becomes a magistrate.
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