1820, "one who habitually expects the worst" (Knowles' dictionary, 1835, defines it as "A universal complainer"), from 19c. French pessimiste (see pessimism).
双语例句
1. I'm a natural pessimist; I usually expect the worst.
我是天生的悲观主义者。我总是做最坏的打算。
来自柯林斯例句
2. You don't have to be a pessimist to realize that we're in trouble.
不是悲观论者也能意识到我们有了麻烦。
来自《权威词典》
3. The man who is a pessimist before forty - eight knows too much; the man who is an optimist after forty - eight knows too little.
