英语词汇“pessimist”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pessimist

/ˈpɛsɪmɪst

noun

1A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen: the pessimists point to ways in which life has deteriorated...

Some analysts are also more sanguine on the outcome of the case than the pessimists are.
The foreign policy expert mentioned in the introduction is among the pessimists.
Always borrow money from a pessimist—he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Synonyms

defeatist, fatalist, alarmist, prophet of doom, cynic, doomsayer, doomster, gloom-monger, doom-monger, doomwatcher, Cassandra;

sceptic, doubter, doubting Thomas;

misery, killjoy, worrier, Job's comforter

informal doom and gloom merchant, wet blanket

North American informal gloomy Gus

2 Philosophy A person who believes that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good: he finds solace in the writings of pessimist philosophers...

The other trump card of the pessimists, erotic desire, is notoriously restless and insecure, and apt to deliver only partial fulfilments.
Can there be any possibility of reconciliation between such clearly opposed positions as those of pessimists and optimists about determinism?
The facts as we know them supply an adequate basis for the concepts and practices which the pessimist feels to be imperilled by the possibility of determinism's truth.

单词	pessimist
释义	pessimist /ˈpɛsɪmɪst / noun 1A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen: the pessimists point to ways in which life has deteriorated... Some analysts are also more sanguine on the outcome of the case than the pessimists are. The foreign policy expert mentioned in the introduction is among the pessimists. Always borrow money from a pessimist—he doesn't expect to be paid back. Synonyms defeatist, fatalist, alarmist, prophet of doom, cynic, doomsayer, doomster, gloom-monger, doom-monger, doomwatcher, Cassandra; sceptic, doubter, doubting Thomas; misery, killjoy, worrier, Job's comforter informal doom and gloom merchant, wet blanket North American informal gloomy Gus 2 Philosophy A person who believes that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good: he finds solace in the writings of pessimist philosophers... The other trump card of the pessimists, erotic desire, is notoriously restless and insecure, and apt to deliver only partial fulfilments. Can there be any possibility of reconciliation between such clearly opposed positions as those of pessimists and optimists about determinism? The facts as we know them supply an adequate basis for the concepts and practices which the pessimist feels to be imperilled by the possibility of determinism's truth.
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