upbeat
英 ['ʌpbiːt]
美 ['ʌpbit]
upbeat 乐观的up, 向上，beat, 击打。原为音乐术语，乐声激昂曲调，引申词义乐观的。
- upbeat (adj.)
- "with a positive mood," 1947, apparently from on the upbeat "improving, getting better," attested from 1934 and a favorite of "Billboard" headline-writers in the early 1940s, from the musical noun upbeat (1869), referring to the beat of a bar at which the conductor's baton is in a raised position; from up (adv.) + beat (n.). The "optimistic" sense apparently for no other reason than that it sounds like a happy word (the musical upbeat is no more inherently "positive" than any other beat).
- 1. Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.
- 内尔的同事们说他实际上在说笑逗乐，心情不错。
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- 2. Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered.
- 科学家对即将收集到的信息仍满怀希望。
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- 3. The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.
- 国防部长对目前的战事给予了乐观的评价。
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- 4. The tone of the speech was upbeat.
- 这次讲话的语气颇为乐观。
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- 5. The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.
- 总理乐观地声称政府已经一劳永逸地解决了通货膨胀问题，但更多人的失业却令这一消息大为减色。
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