Word · Frequency #23364
defeatist
失败主义者；认输者
someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
- 1.
Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
主张失败主义的人；持失败态度者。
主张失败主义的人；持失败态度者。；失败主义者
In use
After he refused to try the new plan, we called him a defeatist.
A defeatist often gives up before the real problems even appear.
The coach will not tolerate defeatists who refuse to believe the team can recover.
be a defeatist
defeatist 为可数名词，指习惯性认输的人。
Don't be a defeatist; we still have a chance.
别当失败主义者，我们还有机会。
a defeatist about sth
He is a defeatist about the project's future.
他对项目的未来持失败主义态度。
act like a defeatist
Stop acting like a defeatist and propose a solution.
别表现得像个失败主义者，提出一个解决方案吧。
defeatists as plural subject
Defeatists never try new approaches.
失败主义者从不尝试新方法。
Common mistakes
He defeatist.He is a defeatist.
英语中名词作表语时前面必须有 be 动词和冠词。中文'他失败主义者'直译为 He defeatist 缺少 is 和 a；改为 He is a defeatist 才符合英语的系动结构和单数可数名词规则。
She is a defeatist person.She is a defeatist.
defeatist 在此是名词，意为'失败主义者'，本身已指人；把它当形容词放在 person 前既混淆词性又造成语义重复。直接用 a defeatist 即可。
Connections
Collocations
- defeatist attitude
- 失败主义态度；认输的态度
- His defeatist attitude annoyed everyone in the meeting.他在会议上那种失败主义态度让所有人反感。
- defeatist talk
- 失败主义言论；泄气话
- Stop the defeatist talk and try again.别说泄气话了，再试一次。
- defeatist approach
- 失败主义做法；认输的处理方式
- A defeatist approach to studying will not improve your grades.对学习采取认输的态度不会提高成绩。
- defeatist outlook
- 失败主义人生观；悲观认输的看法
- Her defeatist outlook kept her from applying for the job.她的失败主义人生观使她不敢申请那份工作。
Synonyms
- pessimist
- 悲观者，总认为结果会很糟的人 · pessimist 侧重对未来的悲观预期，但不一定因此放弃努力或拒绝提出建议；语气比 defeatist 少了一层认输、消极配合的意味。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 defeat（失败）+ -ist（…的人）：一遇失败就认输、不再努力的人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、职场或团队讨论、媒体评论 该词为普通中性词，口语和书面语中都可使用；通常用来形容面对困难或竞争时提前认输、不再积极想办法的人，语气常带轻微不赞同。多用于讨论个人态度或团队心态的场合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
defeatist 的重音在第二音节，核心音为 /iːt/，词尾为 /ɪst/。没有常见单词与 defeatist 完全押韵。下面单词分为两类：-eat 类单词（feat, beat, heat）与 defeatist 拼写有 'eat'，且都有长元音 /iːt/，但缺少词尾 /ɪst/，所以不押韵；-ist 类单词（artist, dentist, tourist）共享词尾 /ɪst/，但重音位置和前面的元音不同，也不押韵。注意这些词只是相近的拼写/发音参照。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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