| 单词 | defeatism |
| 释义 | defeatism noun[U] disapprovinguk/dɪˈfiː.tɪ.zəm/us/dɪˈfiː.t̬ɪ.zəm/a way ofthinkingorbehavingthatshowsthat you have nohopeandexpecttofail: 失败主义There is aspiritof defeatism among somemembersof theparty.党内某些人有失败主义情绪。 Sadness and regret
defeatism| American Dictionarydefeatism noun[U] us/dɪˈfi·t̬ɪz·əm/a way ofthinkingorbehavingthatshowsthat youexpecttofail: Hecriticizedhispartyfor defeatism. defeatistadjectiveus/dɪˈfi·t̬ɪst/ You’ll never getanywherewith a defeatistattitude. Examplesofdefeatismdefeatism If this sounds like pre-moderndefeatism, it also indicates a way forward to the modern sublime in which astonishment forces a recoil to rational analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus The hierarchy was prepared to lighten this canonical obligation in terms of external observances, but to forego it entirely would have smacked ofdefeatism. From theCambridge English Corpus It was proof ofdefeatism, they said; it would demoralize the troops and perhaps even lead to disaster on the field of battle. From theCambridge English Corpus The result, as you will have guessed by now, was that people generally behaved not with panic anddefeatismbut with 'a high degree of popular resilience, endurance and resolution'. From theCambridge English Corpus It is the fundamentaldefeatismof the party opposite that distresses me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The one carries with it just a suspicion ofdefeatism; the other a commendable degree of optimism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is they and such as they who give a quite false impression to the foreign observer that this is a city stinking ofdefeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have passed away from the deplorable era ofdefeatism, decadence and depression of the immediate post-war era after the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me say that such talk is really nothing less than sheerdefeatism, and in no way helps to solve our difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are still struggling against thedefeatismand despair of that terrible year 1940. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sheerdefeatism, a counsel of despair, to throw up the sponge and go in for all-round restriction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You do not get the spirit ofdefeatismamongst the real working class in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it goes without saying, that we must avoid the slightest suspicion ofdefeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that does not justify the utilising of the crisis, as has been done, to secure party political points or to arousedefeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be dangerousdefeatismat this time to deny it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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