| 释义 |
pessimism /pesˈi-mi-zm/ noun- A tendency to look on the dark side of things, opp to optimism
- A depressing view of life
- (loosely) despondency, hopelessness
- The doctrine that the world is bad rather than good (philosophy)
- The worst state (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L pessimus worst pessˈimist noun - A person who believes that everything is tending to the worst
- A person who looks too much on the dark side of things
pessimisˈtic or pessimisˈtical adjective pessimisˈtically adverb |