[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]悲观的 Someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen.
[oft ADJ about n]
Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future...
不是每个人都对未来如此悲观。
Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of life.
哈代由于对生活持过度悲观的态度而常常受到批评。
...one of the most pessimistic forecasts for 1992.
对1992年最悲观的预言之一
pessimistically
'But it'll not happen,' she concluded pessimistically.
“但那是不会发生的。”她悲观地下了结论。
Oxford
pes·sim·is·tic/ˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk; NAmEˌpesɪˈmɪstɪk/adjectivepessimistic(about sth) expecting bad things to happen or sth not to be successful; showing this 悲观的；悲观主义的◆They appeared surprisingly pessimistic about their chances of winning.他们对胜利的可能性显得出奇地悲观。◆a pessimistic view of life对人生悲观的看法◆I think you're being far too pessimistic.我觉得你过于悲观了。OPP
expecting that bad things will happen in the future or that something will have a bad resultOPP optimistic: a pessimistic view of lifepessimistic about He remains deeply pessimistic about the peace process.—pessimistically /-kli/ adverbTHESAURUSpessimistic expecting that bad things will happen, or that someone will be unsuccessful: · He was pessimistic about the team’s chances of winning the championship.· a pessimistic view of human naturedownbeat having an attitude that is not hopeful and not expecting success, or not expecting the situation to improve, especially the economic or political situation: · The overall mood in the stock market is decidedly downbeat.· The chairman made some downbeat remarks about the company’s sales performance.· His assessment of the UK’s economic prospects is generally downbeat.gloomy not having much hope for the future: · Environmental groups are gloomy about the future of our planet.· The article painted a gloomy picture of the human rights situation in Burma.negative considering only the bad qualities of a situation, person etc, and not the good ones: · His negative attitude towards work was affecting his colleagues.· Why are you always so negative?fear the worst formal to expect a situation to have the worst possible result, because you know how bad the situation could be: · I hadn’t heard any news from her for over a week, and I was starting to fear the worst.somebody’s glass is half empty informal used about people who only see the bad qualities of a situation, even when other people might see better qualities in the same situation: · He’s one of those people whose glass is always half empty.
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悲观的(87%)，悲观主义的(13%)
adj.悲观的，厌世的；悲观主义的
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