pessimistic學測 L4KK [ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪk] ｜ /ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪk/
悲觀的；看壞的·消極的；灰心的
悲觀的，反義詞是 optimistic
He stayed pessimistic about the team's chances despite the good news.
儘管有好消息，他仍對球隊的機會感到悲觀。
一個畫面：皺眉望向烏雲
皺眉頭眉頭深鎖，覺得情況不妙
凡事看衰預設最壞的結果會發生
肩膀下垂沒有信心，提不起勁
義項
教練看衰B2adjective悲觀的；看壞的
The coach looked pessimistic and said the team would probably lose the game.
教練看起來很悲觀，說球隊可能會輸掉比賽。
pessimistic abouta pessimistic person
陰霾心情C1adjective消極的；灰心的
After failing the exam twice, Mia stayed pessimistic and gave up studying.
連續兩次考試不及格後，Mia一直很灰心消極，放棄了讀書。
stay pessimisticsound pessimistic
片語
pessimistic about對事看衰 →對某件事感到悲觀
a pessimistic view悲觀觀點 →看壞情勢的觀點
stay pessimistic持續悲觀 →一直保持悲觀的態度
你會不會這樣說？
She has a very ___ attitude about everything. (pessimistic / pessimist)
看答案
pessimistic
pessimistic 是形容詞，pessimist 是名詞指「悲觀的人」。
「Looking at the dark clouds, Ben was pessimistic and said the picnic would surely be ruined.」這句 pessimistic 最接近哪個意思？(A) 悲觀的；看壞的 (B) 消極的；灰心的
看答案
(A)
預測野餐一定泡湯，是看壞結果，對應「悲觀的；看壞的」。
字族
pessimist 悲觀的人・pessimism 悲觀主義；悲觀