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单词 optimistic
释义
optimistic
adjective
uk
/ˌɒp.tɪˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌɑːp.təˈmɪs.tɪk/
B2
hopingorbelievingthat good things willhappenin thefuture:
乐观的
She is optimisticaboutherchancesofwinningagoldmedal.她对赢得金牌很乐观。
Opposite
pessimistic
More examples
  • Sheendedherspeechon an optimisticnote.
  • Thedoctorsaid she was optimistic about theoutcomeof theoperationbutforboreto make anypromisesat this earlystage.
  • Earliersalesforecastswereoverlyoptimistic.
  • Thetreasurerhas been taking a more optimisticviewofeconomicrecoveryin hisrecentpublicpronouncements.
  • It's abitoptimistic toexpectapoliticiantotellyou theunvarnishedtruth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hoping and hopefulness
  • appealingly
  • boosterish
  • boosterism
  • cautious
  • cautiously
  • glass
  • hope springs eternalidiom
  • hopeful
  • hopefully
  • hopefulness
  • ill
  • it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom
  • over-expectation
  • pinyourhopes onsomething/someoneidiom
  • pipe dream
  • please Godidiom
  • Pollyanna
  • positive
  • trust
  • wing
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optimistically
(Definition ofoptimisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoptimistic

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Unlike those who retire on the grounds of ill health, those who take early retirement are relativelyoptimisticabout retirement.
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Some real problems arose from high speculation from overoptimisticexpectations about pastoral exports potential at the time.
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Optimistic(pessimistic) expectations involve a second-period equilibrium characterized by a low (high) probability of devaluation, which in turn validates the expectations.
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These may be familiar messages, but it is refreshing to have them communicated in such anoptimisticand direct way.
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Such anoptimisticoutlook underlay the poetic and edifying side of most physicotheological literature.
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These are : confident, dynamic, adorable, entertaining, outgoing,optimisticand creative.
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This was particularly the case for national prospective judgements; on average, women were much lessoptimisticthan men about the future of the national economy.
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With this armament, we saw ourselves as the naturaloptimisticextension of our time -purveyors of medical manifest destiny.
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Both participants with no prior expectations, then, emerged moreoptimistic.
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Given the economic instability, why is business consistentlyoptimistic?
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In the mostoptimisticcase, with discount rate of 10% and a marginal to average product ratio of 1-00, this age is 12 years.
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This estimate might again be slightlyoptimisticdue to the relative homogeneity of our manually labelled data.
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A moreoptimisticanswer, however, is that despite the ongoing debate, there are a variety of architectures that constitute operational models for implemented agent languages.
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The main competing tradition is social choice theory, whose proponents generally deduce far lessoptimisticresults.
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The book deliberately presented a moreoptimisticscenario than that suggested by prevailing trends.
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