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单词 pessimistic
释义
pessimistic
adjective
uk
/ˌpes.ɪˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌpes.əˈmɪs.tɪk/
B2
thinkingthatbadthings are morelikelytohappenoremphasizingthebadpartof asituation:
悲观的
Thetoneof themeetingwas very pessimistic.会议的气氛非常悲观。
Thedoctorsare pessimistic(= nothopeful)abouthischancesofrecovery.医生们对他康复的可能性表示悲观。
Synonym
gloomy(WITHOUT HOPE)
Opposite
optimistic
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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pessimistically
(Definition ofpessimisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpessimistic

pessimistic
I think he is toopessimisticabout what the surviving sermons themselves tell us.
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In spite of thispessimisticassessment, there seems to be a theoretical possibility by which the output of a laser can be increased substantially.
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On the other hand, the epidemiologists were generally the mostpessimisticraters in all the panels.
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This view is vindicated by thepessimisticinterpretation of social choice that has just been described.
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However, a lesspessimisticpicture evolves when considering existing networks that had overcome regional differences to some extent.
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The tension is therefore between the emergence of a progress novel for the no-longer young and thepessimistic' decline theory of life ' (1988 : xviii).
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Notwithstanding the negative andpessimisticarguments and experiences mentioned, an old and persistent belief in man's inclination toward justice survived.
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A morepessimisticscenario examines possible outcomes in the absence of energy saving technological change and backstops fuels.
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But careful ecological-economic analysis might show my view of the potential of technological change to be toopessimistic.
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I would like to suggest that the data in table 2 underestimate the amount of directive,pessimisticcounseling.
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One problem with using disaggregated data is the overlypessimistictone of the contemporary literature.
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The first direction is the utilization of multiple support thresholds with post-pruning methods such as database coverage and/orpessimisticerror estimation.
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The conclusion, in the fourth section, is partially but not entirelypessimistic.
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The method used, holdout, is the most conservative, in that it maintains apessimisticbias toward the results.
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The conventional wisdom offers apessimisticresponse to these questions.
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