(also make the best of a bad job/situation etcBritish EnglishBrE)ACCEPT to accept a situation that is not very good, and do whatever you can to make it better 尽可能利用〔不能令人满意的事物或处境〕;善处逆境
We are stuck here, so we might as well make the best of it.
反正我们被困在这儿了,不如随遇而安吧。
Examples from the Corpus
make the best of something• A good travelpartnerlaughs and makes the best of it.• When Miihlenberg learned that it was indeed a free country, he made the best of things.• For the most part, however, he made the best ofcontemporary information.• Jackmade the best of his bad luck at being captured and found plenty to occupy his time.• In these circumstances one makes the best oflimited information.• Yet despite her palpablealienation from suburbanstay-at-homemotherhood, she is determined to make the best of it.• One has to make the best of a situation, after all.• It's not going to be fun, but we might as well make the best of it.