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alarmist

/uh-lahr-mist/US // əˈlɑr mɪst //UK // (əˈlɑːmɪst) //

危言耸听,闹事者,危言耸听者,惊慌失措者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or like an alarmist.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • When Stamos proposed a redesign of the company’s organization to prevent a repeat of the issue, other leaders dismissed the idea as “alarmist” and focused their resources on getting control of the public narrative and keeping regulators at bay.

  • “At the risk of sounding alarmist,” she said, “people need to realize that this can still go bad in so many ways.”

  • She compellingly describes feeling pressure to not be an alarmist climate scientist—even though she was very alarmed—because scientists are taught to be dispassionate.

  • I don’t mean that hyperbolically either and I’m not generally an alarmist.

  • The people in this group generally aren’t as alarmist as the this-is-an-emergency camp.

  • But no longer seen as alarmist, MSF are the heroes with GOAL, an Irish NGO, and the International Medical Corps among others.

  • Graedon comes down firmly on the side of the luddites, but her vision of the future is less alarmist than alarmingly within reach.

  • I agree, of course, that health advice is alarmist, and increasingly contradictory.

  • While his statement may seem alarmist, even a senior official of the National Police Agency agrees.

  • They're not, but the alarmist numbers are more likely to get media attention.

  • After the losses in our last battle, I trust that I shall no longer be regarded as an alarmist.

  • Berwick was puzzled but he knew that Jim was no alarmist who would start on a wild goose chase, without rhyme or reason.

  • The alarmist tells us that armaments are our only sure guarantee of peace.

  • I am rather the other way, so they call me a cynic and an alarmist.

  • In addition to the alarmist and the prejudiced, careful and thoughtful citizens were aroused to the danger.