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

pessimistic

/ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪk

adjective

Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen: he was pessimistic about the prospects...

The most pessimistic observers believe everything is stacking up for a crash.
Civil War combat had hardened him to a pessimistic expectation of repeated failure.
A spokesman for the 13 workers involved in the dispute said they felt pessimistic about the prospect of a settlement.

Synonyms

gloomy, negative, defeatist, downbeat, gloom-ridden, cynical, bleak, fatalistic, dark, black, despairing, despondent, depressed, dejected, demoralized, hopeless, melancholy, glum, lugubrious, suspicious, distrustful, doubting, alarmist

informal given to looking on the black side

Derivatives

pessimistically

/pɛsɪˈmɪstɪk(ə)li

/ adverb

单词	pessimistic
释义	pessimistic /ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪk / adjective Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen: he was pessimistic about the prospects... The most pessimistic observers believe everything is stacking up for a crash. Civil War combat had hardened him to a pessimistic expectation of repeated failure. A spokesman for the 13 workers involved in the dispute said they felt pessimistic about the prospect of a settlement. Synonyms gloomy, negative, defeatist, downbeat, gloom-ridden, cynical, bleak, fatalistic, dark, black, despairing, despondent, depressed, dejected, demoralized, hopeless, melancholy, glum, lugubrious, suspicious, distrustful, doubting, alarmist informal given to looking on the black side Derivatives pessimistically /pɛsɪˈmɪstɪk(ə)li / adverb
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