PREP上的关于Black Death那道题，silver lining是什么意思啊

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PREP上的关于Black Death那道题，silver lining是什么意思啊？谢谢

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The Black Death, a severe epidemic that ravaged fourteenth-century Europe, has intrigued scholars ever since Francis Gasquet's 1893 study contending that this epidemic greatly intensified the political and religious upheaval that ended the Middle Ages.  Thirty-six years later, historian George Coulton agreed but, paradoxically, attributed a silver lining to the Black Death:  prosperity engendered by diminished competition for food, shelter, and work led survivors of the epidemic into the Renaissance and subsequent rise of modern Europe.

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应该是正面评价的意思。后面那句是说由于食物和住所和工作的竞争减少所以繁荣起来，导致现代欧洲的崛起和文艺复兴

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"a silver lining"的字面解释为乌云周围的白光，引申的含意为困难中看到的光明，有一线希望。
        Every
cloud has its silver lining. 黑暗中总有一线光明。

            

        a silver lining to the Black Death 導致黑死病

句中冒号开始的句子就是将之龟因於导致黑死病