- 1失敗主義者；失敗主義的（態度）
A defeatist is someone who has already decided they will lose, before the fight, the test, or the job is even finished. They expect the worst, so they stop trying, or they try with a heavy heart. You can use it as a noun (he is a defeatist) or as an adjective (a defeatist attitude). It is not a kind word. If you call someone a defeatist, you are usually saying they have given up too soon. People use it in sport, in talk about war, at work, and about life in general. It shows up more in writing and serious talk than in very casual chat. Though actually, a person can feel hopeless without being a defeatist in this full sense: the word points to a habit of mind, not one bad day.
組成From defeat (a loss, or to beat someone) + -ist (a person who believes in something), after French défaitiste.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
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defeatistadj/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
- 1
Of or relating to defeatism.
- You may look ruefully at your poor red hands and think that just because they have got that way through the extra work you are doing there’s just nothing that can be done about it. Of course, this is a deafeatist attitude—and a lazy one too!
defeatistnoun/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
- 1
Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
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