pessimism

名词 pessimism:

1. the feeling that things will turn out badly
2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

1. All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.
   在他接到那个字条后的那段时间里，他父亲善于预见最恶劣的情况的能力，以及他的妻子神经质的悲观主义都令他思绪万千。
2. He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.
   尽管遇到困难他从没有消极悲观过。
3. Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
   悲观主义者，当你习惯它之后，就和乐观主义者一样令人惬意了。

pes.si.mism

n.（名词）
A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view:
悲观，悲观情绪：强调消极的或不利的、或持有可能最悲观的观点的一种倾向：
例句：
.We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach.(Margo Jones)
.我们看到太多的失败主义、太多的悲观主义和太多的负面倾向.(玛格·琼斯)

The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil.
悲观主义：认为这是所有可能的世界中最坏的一种和所有的事情最终都归于邪恶的教条和信念
The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.
悲观主义：认为世界上邪恶远远强于正义的主义和信念

来源：
French pessimisme on the model of French optimisme [optimism]
法语 pessimisme 仿照 法语 optimisme [乐观主义]
from Latin pessimus [worst] * see ped-
源自 拉丁语 pessimus [最坏的] *参见 ped-

【引伸】
pes.simist
n.（名词）
pes.simis.tic
adj.（形容词）
pes.simis.tically
adv.（副词）