剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic
/ˌpes.ɪ'mɪs.tɪk/
adjective
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* thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of a situation
悲观的

1. The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic.
会议的气氛非常悲观。

2. The doctors are pessimistic (= not hopeful) about his chances of recovery.
医生们对他康复的可能性都表示悲观。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - pessimistic collapse

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1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词悲观的 Someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen.

【搭配模式】：oft ADJ about n

  • Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future...

    不是每个人都对未来如此悲观。

  • Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of life.

    哈代由于对生活持过度悲观的态度而常常受到批评。

  • ...one of the most pessimistic forecasts for 1992.

    对1992年最悲观的预言之一

pessimistically

  • 'But it'll not happen,' she concluded pessimistically.

    “但那是不会发生的。”她悲观地下了结论。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic
pes·sim·is·tic / 7pesi5mistik / adjective    ~ (about sth) expecting bad things to happen or sth not to be successful; showing this
   悲观的；悲观主义的:
   They appeared surprisingly pessimistic about their chances of winning.
   他们对胜利的可能性显得出奇地悲观。
   a pessimistic view of life
   对人生悲观的看法
   I think you're being far too pessimistic.
   我觉得你过于悲观了。
   OPP  optimistic
• pes·sim·is·tic·al·ly / -kli / adv.

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic adj.

• VERBS be, feel, look, prove, seem, sound These figures look quite ~. | become, grow | remain

• ADVERB extremely, fairly, very, etc. | deeply, terribly | increasingly | overly, unduly, unnecessarily His predictions proved unduly ~. | generally

• PREPOSITION about I am deeply ~ about the future.

Pessimistic is used with these nouns: assessment, estimate, expectation, forecast, mood, outlook, scenario, view

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic adj.
⇨ negative

新牛津英语同义词词典 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic

adjective
a pessimistic outlook on life
GLOOMY , negative, defeatist, downbeat, gloom-ridden, cynical, bleak, fatalistic, dark, black, despairing, despondent, depressed, dejected, demoralized, hopeless, melancholy, glum, lugubrious, suspicious, distrustful, doubting, alarmist; informal given to looking on the black side.
-opposite(s): OPTIMISTIC, HOPEFUL, CHEERFUL.

词源记忆 - pessimistic collapse

pessimistic

pessimistic：悲观的，厌世的

来源于拉丁语形容词mal.us(坏的)最高级形式pessim.us的词干-pessim-。

词根词缀： -pessim- + -ist名词词尾,人 + -ic形容词词尾

同源词：pessimism, pessimist反义词：optimistic (adj.) 乐观的