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sanguine

adjective
🔊/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/
🔊/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/
 (formal)
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  1. sanguine (about something) cheerful and confident about the future充满信心的；乐观的 synonym optimistic
    • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects.他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。🔊🔊
    • He tends to take a sanguine view of the problems involved.他对涉及的问题持乐观态度。🔊🔊
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySanguine is used with these nouns:
    • temperament
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from Latin sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’.