1918, adjective and noun, in reference to pacifists and political opposition in Britain, from French défaitiste, which was used there in reference to the Russians who sought to end their war with Germany; see defeat (n.) + -ist. Their opposition, in the original Russian context, were called defensists.
双语例句
1. I don't approve of your defeatist attitude.
我不赞成你这种失败主义的态度.
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2. There is no point going out there with a defeatist attitude.
怀着一种失败主义的态度上阵根本没有任何意义。
来自辞典例句
3. He had been assailed as a coward and a defeatist by his own friends.
他被他的朋友们指为懦夫和失败主义者.
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4. Some will argue that defining success down is defeatist.
有人会认为,降低成功的标准是失败主义.
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5. How defeatist does the imitation - Gothic interior appear, once this has been realized.
