downbeat

/doun-beet/US // ˈdaʊnˌbit //UK // (ˈdaʊnˌbiːt) //

下拍,下拍子,下行,下风

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Music.
- : the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- : the first beat of a measure.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : gloomy or depressing; pessimistic: Hollywood movies seldom have downbeat endings.

adj.pessimistic

Synonyms

Some may see the decidedly not-tragic ending of The Man Who Sold His Skin as a copout, a betrayal of the story’s more downbeat undertones.
Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst for Bankrate, welcomed the news, especially after months of downbeat economic trends.
The response from Simple customers has been predictably downbeat.
Why did the Russian Ministry of Culture help to finance such a downbeat portrait of contemporary Russia?
Most affecting is his romance with a cute, downbeat girl inmate named Andrea.
Full of lively, comic storytelling and resonant in theme—youth ends; how sad—it casts a downbeat and very of-the-moment mood.
Stanley Crouch's culture pieces have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, Vogue, Downbeat, the New Yorker, and more.
Stanley Crouch's culture pieces have appeared in Harper's, the New York Times, Vogue, Downbeat, the New Yorker, and more.