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optimism

/op-tuh-miz-uhm/US // ˈɒp təˌmɪz əm //UK // (ˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm) //

乐观主义,乐观态度,乐观的态度,乐观

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
    • : the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world.
    • : the belief that goodness pervades reality.
    • : the doctrine that the existing world is the best of all possible worlds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounstate of having positive beliefs

Examples

  • In a conference call with investors on Tuesday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff gushed with optimism.

  • Meanwhile, Edward Jones’ Logan Purk believes the stock is “priced appropriately,” but there’s “a lot of optimism priced in,” he tells Fortune.

  • In the months following the Business Roundtable announcement, our optimism proved to be warranted.

  • Trading for Mike Conley was a huge source of optimism in Salt Lake City before the season began, but the 32-year-old missed 23 games, and his player efficiency rating dropped to its lowest point in a dozen seasons.

  • In place of that optimism is a renewed sense of uncertainty.

  • Within a few swipes, I was already feeling that burst of romantic optimism you need the first day of the (Christian) new year.

  • Whatever the future holds for Africa, optimism certainly abounds.

  • The optimism across the hemisphere was obvious, but many challenges remain.

  • And one has to fight against that and create some haven for optimism.

  • Miraculously, Malala survived, and her courage, wisdom, and optimism have continued to transfix and inspire the world.

  • And a rampant ache in my head, seconded by a medium-sized gash in the scalp, didn't make for an access of optimism at that moment.

  • They foreclose without mercy, but that does not frighten their old patrons, who have the perennial optimism of the country.

  • Whilst I am by nature optimistic, I must confess that in these latter days my optimism occasionally receives a shock.

  • The situation would have been hopeless to anybody not possessed of Scattergood's optimism and resource.

  • Fat Boy, our clarinetist who doubles on Martian horn-harp, made a feeble attempt at optimism.