pessimist

英 [ˈpesɪmɪst]

美 [ˈpesɪmɪst]

n.  悲观主义者; 悲观论者

复数：pessimists　

TEM8

BNC.19848 / COCA.18238

牛津词典

noun

• 悲观主义者；悲观论者
  a person who always expects bad things to happen
  1. You don't have to be a pessimist to realize that we're in trouble.
     不是悲观论者也能意识到我们有了麻烦。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 悲观主义者；悲观论者
  Apessimistis someone who thinks that bad things are going to happen.
  1. I'm a natural pessimist; I usually expect the worst...
     我是天生的悲观主义者。我总是做最坏的打算。
  2. It looks as if the pessimists are being proved right.
     现在看来似乎悲观论者是正确的。

英英释义

noun

• a person who expects the worst

双语例句

• An optimist sees the rose; a pessimist sees the thorn.
  乐观者看到玫瑰，悲观者看到荆棘。
• But to a pessimist, nothing seems possible.
  但对悲观的人而言，啥事似乎皆不可能。
• It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right.
  与其做一个总是正确的悲观者，不如做一个偶尔犯错的乐观主义者。
• A pessimist is the one who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
  悲观者就是在机遇敲门时，抱怨噪音的人。
• It looks as if the pessimists are being proved right.
  现在看来似乎悲观论者是正确的。
• I'm not just being a pessimist.
  我这不是悲观。
• Quit being such a pessimist.
  不要再这么悲观了。
• The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
  悲观者抱怨风；乐观者希望它能改变；现实者调整船帆。
• But if I think of climate change and energy security, I am a pessimist.
  但如果考虑到气候变化和能源安全，我则持悲观态度。
• An optimist laughs to forget. A pessimist forgets to laugh.
  乐观者笑着忘却，悲观者忘记怎样笑。