| 单词 | optimistic |
| 释义 | optimistic (ɒptɪmɪstɪk ) adjective [ADJECTIVE that] B2 Someone who is optimistic is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular. The President says she is optimistic that an agreement can be worked out soon. Michael was in a jovial and optimistic mood. Synonyms: hopeful, positive, confident, encouraged optimistically adverb [ADVERB with verb] Both sides have spoken optimistically about the talks. Collocations: optimistic assessment To dig a new canal would cost more than 80m and even on an optimistic assessment would take three to four years to implement. Times, Sunday Times The first, an optimistic assessment in keeping with recent economic history, favours the soft landing. Times, Sunday Times That may be an optimistic assessment. Times, Sunday Times Even the most optimistic assessment would probably rule him out for the next five or six weeks. Times, Sunday Times The official estimate of the crowd yesterday was 5,000, although that seemed a wildly optimistic assessment. Times, Sunday Times In all you do, you have an optimistic attitude that opens up opportunities. The Sun You are ready to do more with your life and this new, optimistic attitude will attract opportunities. The Sun You have a more optimistic attitude to love, instead of half-expecting things to go wrong and this gives a relationship its best chance. The Sun You will have a positive, optimistic attitude and can focus on building the life you want. The Sun You are ready to agree to challenging opportunities and have an optimistic attitude that makes you great company. The Sun Nevertheless, even the most optimistic investor should not expect buy-to-let ever to regain the kind of health it enjoyed over the past ten years. Times, Sunday Times Little more than a year ago the price hit 282p but not even the most optimistic investor will be expecting the take-out price to come near that level. Times, Sunday Times To catch the upswing, optimistic investors are in danger of buying before prices have stopped falling. Times, Sunday Times All markets need optimistic investors. Times, Sunday Times The optimistic outlook helped lift the company's shares by 29½p to 718p. Times, Sunday Times The last two have their own trading statements out today; expect a similarly optimistic outlook. Times, Sunday Times Very little, you sense, has managed to dent her innately optimistic outlook and lively nature. Times, Sunday Times His stories may be fantasies, but they reflect his milieu and defiantly optimistic outlook. Times, Sunday Times Your optimistic outlook means you rarely feel stressed at this time of year, but keep an eye on your alcohol and sugar intake. The Sun Even by last autumn, when the financial panic went critical, the government's pre-budget report made a ludicrously optimistic prediction of growth in the third quarter of this year. Times, Sunday Times That's an optimistic prediction, not a statement of fact. Times, Sunday Times There will be a glut of horoscopes, all of them full of rosily optimistic predictions. The Times Literary Supplement The most optimistic prognosis could see him riding again in six weeks, though he may be absent until after his wedding late next month. Times, Sunday Times They blame a senior doctor for giving them false hope with what they believe was an overly optimistic prognosis. Times, Sunday Times He was transferred to a cardiological unit yesterday, where further investigations suggested a more optimistic prognosis. Times, Sunday Times Some figures may indeed be based on optimistic projections of cleaner aircraft and car engines. Times, Sunday Times Even under the most optimistic projections for economic growth interest payments on government debt are expected to climb to 74 billion by 2015. Times, Sunday Times The document, which the government was forced to disclose during the high court case, reveals that the previous plan was based on the 'most optimistic projections'. Times, Sunday Times Even under its most optimistic scenario, growth of only 1.1 per cent was forecast for next year. Times, Sunday Times Production was unlikely to even start before 2017, he added, even in an optimistic scenario. Times, Sunday Times Alongside this optimistic scenario, however, our brains also manage to hold a very different view of humanity. Times, Sunday Times But we can't count on this optimistic scenario now. Times, Sunday Times In the optimistic scenario, these losses would be gradually recovered over time, but in the pessimistic case they would be permanent. Times, Sunday Times However, the markets chime with the more optimistic tone from many commentators. Times, Sunday Times The more optimistic tone of the indices could encourage more owners to follow our reader's example. Times, Sunday Times She rarely gives interviews, but has previously struck a more optimistic tone than her fellow analysts. Times, Sunday Times But the exhibition doesn’t focus solely on the devastating effects of climate change; instead, it strikes a surprisingly optimistic tone, outlining a novel approach to contemporary living. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of all, though, they may be cheered by the increasingly optimistic tone emerging from a once seemingly stricken bank. Times, Sunday Times Before doing so, he offers a shrewd yet optimistic vision for the future. Times, Sunday Times I want it to present this optimistic vision of what humanity can be if it chooses to solve its differences. Times,Sunday Times Players feel that we have an optimistic vision, that we are well run and aspirational and that they can fulfil their personal ambitions with us. Times, Sunday Times His bid will be based around a 'positive, optimistic vision of the future of our country'. The Sun Effective leadership demands an optimistic vision and a willingness to work in courteous partnership even with those with whom one disagrees. Times, Sunday Times The report was highly critical of overly optimistic estimates on costs throughout its evolution. Times, Sunday Times We found a consensus that believed the campaign misdirected, badly resourced, underplanned and overly optimistic. Times, Sunday Times While that's probably overly optimistic, it's worth trying. Times, Sunday Times Circle 'was encouraged to submit overly optimistic and unachievable savings projections', the report added. Times, Sunday Times Yet this seems an overly optimistic reading of events. Times, Sunday Times But they were 'reasonably optimistic that he will make a good recovery'. Times, Sunday Times Employers are reasonably optimistic about graduate recruitment in 2010. Times, Sunday Times If you are reasonably optimistic, the shares, on about 10 times' this year's earnings, look oversold. Times, Sunday Times That's using reasonably optimistic assumptions of new reserves and costs. Globe and Mail Even in tough times he was relatively optimistic. Times, Sunday Times Until now, commercial aviation has been relatively optimistic about its prospects. Times, Sunday Times He struck a relatively optimistic note on the current situation. Times,Sunday Times All three authors, not knowing what was to happen in 2020, end on a relatively optimistic note. The Times Literary Supplement Services companies were also relatively optimistic about the future, with a majority saying that they expected growth to be sustained over the next year. Times, Sunday Times They're both science fiction, of course, and both somewhat optimistic and not hideously complex examples of the genre. Times, Sunday Times Her finances have spiralled out of control and the credit crunch has scotched her somewhat optimistic plan to remortgage her property to pay off her bills. Times, Sunday Times The valuation was, to put it mildly, somewhat optimistic. Times, Sunday Times The show has a surprisingly optimistic view of humanity—all the characters, even the antagonists, are sympathetic and funny. Christianity Today But the exhibition doesn’t focus solely on the devastating effects of climate change; instead, it strikes a surprisingly optimistic tone, outlining a novel approach to contemporary living. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He seemed surprisingly optimistic about getting a hearing. Times, Sunday Times The scheme made assumptions about the usage of light bulbs that turned out to be wildly optimistic. Times, Sunday Times The theory turned out to be wildly optimistic. Times, Sunday Times But he still seems wildly optimistic about the longer term. Times, Sunday Times Of course, all this could be wildly optimistic. Times, Sunday Times The claims about 100 billion barrels were later dismissed by experts as 'wildly optimistic' and misleading. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 乐观的 Japanese: 楽観的な |
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