"defeatism" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 失败主义

Definition

一种认为必然失败、对成功不抱希望的态度，常常导致轻易放弃。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Defeatism” 为较正式的词，有一定负面含义，常用于讨论个人或团体士气和态度。常见搭配：'a sense of defeatism', 'fight against defeatism'。不要与“悲观主义”混淆，前者重在期待失败。

Examples

He showed defeatism and stopped trying after the first failure.

他表现出了**失败主义**，第一次失败后就不再尝试了。

Defeatism can make a team lose hope quickly.

**失败主义**会让一个团队很快失去希望。

Teachers try to prevent defeatism in their students.

老师们试图防止学生产生**失败主义**。

We need to shake off this defeatism if we want to win next time.

如果我们想下次获胜，就得摆脱**失败主义**。

Her constant defeatism brought everyone’s spirits down.

她一直强调**失败主义**，让大家都很沮丧。

There's no place for defeatism when we're facing a tough challenge.

面对艰难挑战时，没有**失败主义**的余地。