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英语单词 pessimism
英美音标 英 ['pesɪmɪzəm] 美 ['pesɪmɪzəm]
中文释义 n.悲观;悲观主义
英语例句 (1) He has a tendency towards pessimism.
(2) He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.
(3) Pessimism is the hallmark of his major novels.
(4) All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.
中文例句 (1) 他有悲观的倾向。
(2) 尽管遇到困难他从没有消极悲观过。
(3) 悲观主义是他的几部小说的主要特征。
(4) 在他接到那个字条后的那段时间里,他父亲善于预见最恶劣的情况的能力,以及他的妻子神经质的悲观主义都令他思绪万千。
vocabulary简明 Pessimism means thinking the worst. It's the opposite of optimism, which means assuming the best. Most people feel that too much pessimism is paralyzing — who will ever try anything if they are always sure they will fail?
vocabulary扩展 Pessimism comes in two flavors. With one, you feel that something bad will happen. You feel pessimistic about the geometry final. How will you pass it? Pessimism is also the tendency to expect the worst in everything. A pessimist in love is a person sure that there must be something wrong with the person to love them back. A pessimist on an airplane is sure the plane is missing some essential part that won't be noticed until it plummets from the sky. Can pessimism be fun? Not really ever.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]悲观;悲观主义 Pessimism is the belief that bad things are going to happen.
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  • ...universal pessimism about the economy...

    对经济所持的普遍悲观态度

  • My first reaction was one of deep pessimism.

    我的第一反应非常悲观。

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