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单词 pessimism
释义
pessimism
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpes.ɪ.mɪ.zəm/us
/ˈpes.ə.mɪ.zəm/
emphasizingorthinkingof thebadpartof asituationratherthan the goodpart, or thefeelingthatbadthings are morelikelytohappenthan good things:
悲观情绪；悲观主义
There is now amoodofdeepeningpessimismabout/overtheeconomy.目前对经济的悲观情绪越来越浓。
Anunderlyingpessimisminfusesall hernovels.她所有的小说中都暗含着一种悲观主义情绪。
Opposite
optimism
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not hopeful
  • be in a funkidiom
  • be on a hiding to nothingidiom
  • bleak
  • bleakly
  • bleakness
  • dispiritedness
  • dispiritingly
  • doomed
  • doomster
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • gloom
  • hopeless
  • hopelessly
  • hopelessness
  • lose heartidiom
  • merchant
  • someonecan't winidiom
  • undone
  • what are you going to do?idiom
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pessimist
(Definition ofpessimismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pessimism| American Dictionary

pessimism
noun[U]
us
/ˈpes·əˌmɪz·əm/
thetendencytoseethebadsideof things or toexpecttheworstin anysituation:
There has been amoodofgrowingpessimism about the nation’seconomy.

pessimist

noun[C]us
/ˈpes·ə·mɪst/
How come you’re such a pessimist?
(Definition ofpessimismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

pessimism| Business English

pessimism
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpesɪmɪzəm/us
thefeelingthatbadthings are morelikelytohappenthan good things:
pessimism about/over sthPessimism about theeconomydraggedsharepricesbelowpredictions.
business/market/investorpessimism
growing/increasing/widespreadpessimism
a mood/sense of pessimismUSstockmarketsplungedyesterdayamidstagrowingmoodof pessimism onWallStreet.
Compare
optimism
(Definition ofpessimismfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpessimism

pessimism
Creativepessimismsuggests that the falls intended will not necessarily be obtained.
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Similarly, the effect of the economic variables is differentiated so that optimism orpessimismon them does not always provoke the same policy preference.
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His prewar essays exemplify the widespread sense of culturalpessimismof those years.
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It is not so much thepessimismattendant upon the era of mass politics and society that is so arresting.
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The control thatpessimismexercises need not destroy creativity.
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But nothing in the work surveyed here suggests grounds forpessimismor panic.
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In fact, since waves ofpessimismwere present before the 1973- 1975 recession, they could have turned the economic slowdown into this more intense recession.
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If the distribution of the forecast variable is negatively (positively) skewed, then the optimal forecast exhibits optimism (pessimism). 11.
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The fourth argument against communitarianpessimismis the most fundamental, and, from a theoretical point of view, also the most interesting.
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The peace process was pursued from 1994 to 1997 in a climate of pervasivepessimismafter the earlier failures, particularly that of 1991-92.
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Such quotations imply that early conduct problems are fully malleable and need not be a cause forpessimism.
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However, consumers'pessimismmay have been an important factor in intensifying and extending the 1989-1992 slowdown.
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The low consumption growth phase lagged consumers'pessimism, and lasted until the end of the sample in 1995.
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In the absence of a revolutionary 'pole of attraction', we risk seeing the best elements of the proletariat sink intopessimism.
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Moreover, it is this notion of correspondence that lies at the base of his epistemicpessimismin science.
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