名詞 pessimism:

1. the feeling that things will turn out badly
2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

1. All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.
   在他接到那個(gè)字條后的那段時(shí)間里，他父親善于預(yù)見最惡劣的情況的能力，以及他的妻子神經(jīng)質(zhì)的悲觀主義都令他思緒萬(wàn)千。
2. He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.
   盡管遇到困難他從沒有消極悲觀過。
3. Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
   悲觀主義者，當(dāng)你習(xí)慣它之后，就和樂觀主義者一樣令人愜意了。

pes.si.mism

n.（名詞）
A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view:
悲觀，悲觀情緒：強(qiáng)調(diào)消極的或不利的、或持有可能最悲觀的觀點(diǎn)的一種傾向：
例句：
.We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach.(Margo Jones)
.我們看到太多的失敗主義、太多的悲觀主義和太多的負(fù)面傾向.(瑪格·瓊斯)

The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil.
悲觀主義：認(rèn)為這是所有可能的世界中最壞的一種和所有的事情最終都?xì)w于邪惡的教條和信念
The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.
悲觀主義：認(rèn)為世界上邪惡遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)強(qiáng)于正義的主義和信念

來(lái)源：
French pessimisme on the model of French optimisme [optimism]
法語(yǔ) pessimisme 仿照 法語(yǔ) optimisme [樂觀主義]
from Latin pessimus [worst] * see ped-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pessimus [最壞的] *參見 ped-

【引伸】
pes.simist
n.（名詞）
pes.simis.tic
adj.（形容詞）
pes.simis.tically
adv.（副詞）