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pessimist

/pɛsəməst/

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1 · noun

a person who expects things to go badly

悲观主义者

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Even a pessimist admitted that the test results looked promising.
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即使是悲观主义者，也承认测试结果看起来不错。
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Pronunciation: /pɛsəməst/

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