| 词汇 | defeatism |
| 释义 | defeatism noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /dɪˈfiː.tɪ.zəm/ us /dɪˈfiː.t̬ɪ.zəm/ a way of thinking or behaving that shows that you have no hope and expect to fail: 失败主义 There is a spirit of defeatism among some members of the party.党内某些人有失败主义情绪。 Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt guilt complex melancholia prick someone's conscienceidiom regretful regretfully remorse remorseful repentant wretchedness defeatism | American Dictionarydefeatism noun[ U ] us/dɪˈfi·t̬ɪz·əm/ a way of thinking or behaving that shows that you expect to fail: He criticized his party for defeatism. defeatistadjectiveus/dɪˈfi·t̬ɪst/ You’ll never get anywhere with a defeatist attitude. Examples of defeatismdefeatism If this sounds like pre-modern defeatism, it also indicates a way forward to the modern sublime in which astonishment forces a recoil to rational analysis. The hierarchy was prepared to lighten this canonical obligation in terms of external observances, but to forego it entirely would have smacked of defeatism. It was proof of defeatism, they said; it would demoralize the troops and perhaps even lead to disaster on the field of battle. The result, as you will have guessed by now, was that people generally behaved not with panic and defeatism but with 'a high degree of popular resilience, endurance and resolution'. It is the fundamental defeatism of the party opposite that distresses me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The one carries with it just a suspicion of defeatism; the other a commendable degree of optimism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is they and such as they who give a quite false impression to the foreign observer that this is a city stinking of defeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have passed away from the deplorable era of defeatism, decadence and depression of the immediate post-war era after the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me say that such talk is really nothing less than sheer defeatism, and in no way helps to solve our difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are still struggling against the defeatism and despair of that terrible year 1940. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sheer defeatism, a counsel of despair, to throw up the sponge and go in for all-round restriction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You do not get the spirit of defeatism amongst the real working class in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it goes without saying, that we must avoid the slightest suspicion of defeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that does not justify the utilising of the crisis, as has been done, to secure party political points or to arouse defeatism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be dangerous defeatism at this time to deny it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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