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单词 fatalistic
释义
fatalistic
adjective
uk
/ˌfeɪ.təlˈɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌfeɪ.t̬əlˈɪs.tɪk/
believingthatpeoplecannotchangethe wayeventswillhappenand thatevents,especiallybadones, cannot beavoided:
She was fatalistic about thefuture.
He had a fatalisticacceptanceof hisbadluckinlife.
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fatalism
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  • They have analmostfatalisticbeliefthatordinarypeoplecan'tchangeanything.
  • Thefinancialcrisisleftme in a fatalisticmood.
  • Thebeliefthatcharacteristicsaremostlygeneticmayencouragea fatalisticattitudetowardhealthanddisease.
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(Definition offatalisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffatalistic

fatalistic
His understanding of dependency grew from a progressive, albeit masculinist, perspective that certainly rejected thefatalisticconservatism of his day.
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The certainty offered by religious or spiritual conviction provided a counterbalance to an otherwisefatalisticacceptance of the vicissitudes of eventful and difficult lives.
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By the time she takes herfatalisticattitude to the settlement, ' 'everything human had been crushed out of her.
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However, the moderate success and many difficulties facing psychiatric genetics have by no means led tofatalisticattitude.
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Education may inculcate a greater sense of personal responsibility for the welfare of children, replacing the morefatalisticapproach of the uneducated father.
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We must not befatalisticabout this, pointing as is our wont, to nature and animals.
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Men who agreed were classified as expressing afatalisticattitude towards pregnancy avoidance, versus those with less fatalistic feelings about the issue.
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However, the position appears almostfatalisticas to the goal of science.
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Such understandings view radical groups as ir rationally beholden to strict religious doctrine, engenderingfatalisticassessments of the possibility for peacef ul political change.
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Eventually, if his self-esteem is completely eroded, he may end up adopting afatalisticoutlook on his prospects in life.
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For the non-poor category the highest number opting for the mostfatalisticresponse on any of the questions is 5 per cent.
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The worlds are stabilized states of horror, which makes them not political butfatalistic.
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And certainly there could be grounds for refusing to acknowledge that one of (8) and (9) had to be true which did not carryfatalisticimplications.
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Suchfatalisticattitudes were almost certainly nourished by the fact that we were dealing with an elderly cohort of patients all over 75 years of age.
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About one-third (319%) of men who reported afatalisticmode of thought named two or more warning signs as compared with about one-quarter (245%) of the men who could not.
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