词汇 | over-optimism |
释义 | over-optimism noun[ U ] (alsooveroptimism)uk /ˌəʊ.vərˈɒp.tɪ.mɪ.zəm/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːp.tə.mɪ.zəm/ the quality of being too full of hope and emphasizing the good parts of a situation too much: We have lived through countless cycles of over-optimism followed by stark reality and angry retribution. The foreign minister warned against overoptimism at the prospect of reaching a peace agreement any time soon. We all have a tendency towards over-optimism when assessing how far and fast we'll travel. In periods of over-optimism, the evidence is that most debtors do not borrow with the idea of defaulting on the debt. Our gross overoptimism means that 90% of us believe we are better-than-average drivers. Hoping and hopefulness appealingly beyond someone's expectations boosterish boosterism bright spot fancy hope springs eternalidiom hopeful hopefully hopefulness ill it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom over-optimistic over-optimistically pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom pious pipe dream please Godidiom positively wing |
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