a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
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He has a tendency towards pessimism.他有悲观的倾向。
There is the note of pessimism in his writings.他的著作带有悲观色彩。
He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.尽管遇到困难他从没有消极悲观过。
Pessimism is the hallmark of his major novels.悲观主义是他的几部小说的主要特征。
All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.在他接到那个字条后的那段时间里，他父亲善于预见最恶劣的情况的能力，以及他的妻子神经质的悲观主义都令他思绪万千。
