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defeatist

noun
🔊/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
🔊/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
 (disapproving)
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  1. a person who expects not to succeed失败主义（者）的
    • He is a pessimist and a defeatist.他是悲观主义者，也是失败主义者。🔊🔊
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2

defeatist

adjective
🔊/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
🔊/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
 (disapproving)
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  1. expecting not to succeed, and showing it in a particular situation失败主义（者）的
    • a defeatist attitude/view失败主义的态度／观点
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French défaitiste, from défaite ‘defeat’.