defeatist

Too often lately, America seems to fall into this sour, defeatist attitude: Nothing can be improved, any change will be for the worse.

而最近美国似乎常常陷入一种酸苦的，失败者的心态：身边的一切都不会好转，甚至变得更糟。

The defeatist route is to take our ball and go home rather than play with the kid down the block.

失败之道是比起和其他孩子一起在大街上玩球，我们拿着球回了家。

A defeatist attitude can be pervasive in its negative impact on the outcome of one's mission.

一个失败主义者的态度会对他任务的结果产生严重的消极作用。

I mean it. If you go into any family gathering with a defeatist attitude you stand very little chance of actually enjoying yourself.

说真的，如果你带着消极的态度参与任何一个家庭聚会，你是不会过得愉快的。

The common thread is that they did not become defeatist or depressed.

他们的共同思路是他们都没有被打败，或者从此变得消沉的。

There, at the Nationalist wartime capital, he found the situation tense and atmosphere defeatist.

而在国民政府的战时首都，魏德迈发现这里充斥着紧张情绪和失败主义的气氛。

Even in India, one sometimes hears defeatist talk of this kind (see article).

即使在印度，有时候也可以听到这种失败主义的言论。

You come in here with a defeatist attitude.

你带着一种注定失败的态度来到这里。

How has a sleepy, defeatist India suddenly been galvanised into action?

一个昏昏欲睡、失败主义的印度是怎么突然间变得富有行动力？

Mr Bush can perhaps dismiss the defeatist mood of the elite.

对精英阶层的泄气这样的现象，布什可能能够不屑一顾。

If there is a problem, you should solve it. Don't just sit there and adopt a defeatist attitude.

有问题就要解决它。不要坐在那里抱失败主义态度。