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单词 optimist
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Definition of optimist in English:

optimist

noun ˈɒptɪmɪst
  • 1A person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.

    only an eternal optimist could expect success
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Optimists hope the Sept. 22 elections will bring change.
    • They are the starry-eyed optimists who cannot wait for adulthood to take the world for all it has to offer.
    • Optimists say these initiatives could show the way for federal programs.
    • Stock market optimists point to signs of resilience in the wider US economy, citing stronger than expected consumer confidence figures.
    • The outlook exceeds what most optimists thought possible just a few years ago.
    • Optimists claim we are on the right track, but still cancer refuses to yield.
    • An incurable optimist, I have every faith that technology will rid itself of its maladies and go on to create a better world.
    • Optimists argue that the U.S. will keep its innovation lead because it has invented new products before.
    • Even the most ardent Internet optimists would likely concede that basic reading skills have to precede computer literacy.
    • Her cousin must be either naive, or a hopeless optimist.
  • 2Philosophy
    A person who believes that this world is the best of all possible worlds or that good must ultimately prevail over evil.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hansberry was both a realist and an optimist, viewing the world with what she described as "sighted eyes and feeling heart".
    • I thought I was an optimist, but I'm just a utopian.
    • Pessimists and optimists differ in how they explain the causes of both good and bad events.
    • Noguchi was a man of dualities: West and East, coarse and refined, optimist and realist.
    • He identifies himself as a staunch optimist and an embodiment of positive thinking.
    • Such a hands-off view, coupled with the posit of ontologically distinctive quantifiers, is endorsed by various optimists, including McDaniel.
    • Thoreau thought he was an exceptional man, a philosopher of great faith, and an optimist.
    • Again, the philosophers have been charged as utopians and shallow optimists.

Definition of optimist in US English:

optimist

nounˈäptəməst
  • 1A person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.

    only an eternal optimist could expect success
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An incurable optimist, I have every faith that technology will rid itself of its maladies and go on to create a better world.
    • Optimists hope the Sept. 22 elections will bring change.
    • Even the most ardent Internet optimists would likely concede that basic reading skills have to precede computer literacy.
    • Optimists claim we are on the right track, but still cancer refuses to yield.
    • Optimists say these initiatives could show the way for federal programs.
    • The outlook exceeds what most optimists thought possible just a few years ago.
    • Stock market optimists point to signs of resilience in the wider US economy, citing stronger than expected consumer confidence figures.
    • Her cousin must be either naive, or a hopeless optimist.
    • Optimists argue that the U.S. will keep its innovation lead because it has invented new products before.
    • They are the starry-eyed optimists who cannot wait for adulthood to take the world for all it has to offer.
  • 2Philosophy
    A person who believes that this world is the best of all possible worlds or that good must ultimately prevail over evil.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Again, the philosophers have been charged as utopians and shallow optimists.
    • Noguchi was a man of dualities: West and East, coarse and refined, optimist and realist.
    • Such a hands-off view, coupled with the posit of ontologically distinctive quantifiers, is endorsed by various optimists, including McDaniel.
    • Thoreau thought he was an exceptional man, a philosopher of great faith, and an optimist.
    • Pessimists and optimists differ in how they explain the causes of both good and bad events.
    • Hansberry was both a realist and an optimist, viewing the world with what she described as "sighted eyes and feeling heart".
    • He identifies himself as a staunch optimist and an embodiment of positive thinking.
    • I thought I was an optimist, but I'm just a utopian.
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