| 单词 | defeatist |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [di'fi:tist] |
| 解释 | n.失败主义者 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 失败主义者(person who shows defeatism) 【考】 stickler : exacting / defeatist : resigned(坚持细节者特点是苛 刻的/失败主义者特点 是认命的) 【例】 I don't approve of your defeatist attitude. |
| 字源 | defeatist 1918, adjective and noun, in reference to pacifists and political opposition in Britain, from French défaitiste, which was used there in reference to the Russians who sought to end their war with Germany; see defeat (n.) + -ist. Their opposition, in the original Russian context, were called defensists. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 失败主义者(对失败无可奈何的接受) 【类】stickler: exacting = defeatist: resigned坚持细节者是苛刻的 = 失败主义者是听天由命的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】defeat 失败 |
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