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.
雙語例句
1. I don't approve of your defeatist attitude.
我不贊成你這種失敗主義的態(tài)度.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. There is no point going out there with a defeatist attitude.
懷著一種失敗主義的態(tài)度上陣根本沒有任何意義。
來自辭典例句
3. He had been assailed as a coward and a defeatist by his own friends.
他被他的朋友們指為懦夫和失敗主義者.
來自辭典例句
4. Some will argue that defining success down is defeatist.
有人會認(rèn)為,降低成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是失敗主義.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. How defeatist does the imitation - Gothic interior appear, once this has been realized.