英语词汇“pejorist”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

pejorist

释义

pejorist|ˈpiːdʒərɪst, ˈpɛdʒərɪst|
[f. as pejorism + -ist, after pessimist.]
One who believes that the world is becoming worse.
1919W. de Morgan Old Madhouse i. 3 Are we the better or the worse off by the change? The Optimist says better, the Pessimist says worse. I think the present writer must be sitting on a fence—a pejorist, suppose we say, since jargon is in vogue nowadays.1932Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 508/4 Between optimists and pessimists there are those who style themselves..bonists, malists and pejorists.1933A. E. Housman Let. 5 Feb. (1971) 329, I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist).1958Listener 31 July 171/3 Why he [sc. A. E. Housman] was impelled to rape the major pejorists of five literatures for phrase and form to enable him to make poetry of his own predicament.

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

相关内容11：

“pejorist”的英英意思

“penetrameter”的英英意思

“libidinous”的意思

“非洲锥虫病”英文翻译

“非洲链霉菌”英文翻译

“local call”的意思

友情链接