释义 |
fatalismfa‧tal‧is‧m /ˈfeɪtl-ɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] - A passive fatalism at the capriciousness and heavy-handedness of authority prevailed amongst the thirty-year men.
- Briefly optimistic at the start, it did not take much for the fatalism to set in.
- Malthus was burdened by a fatalism induced by fears of population growth and resource shortages.
- The quiet flatness of her voice was mirrored by the fatalism he saw in her eyes.
- This has all to be seen in the context of the profound fatalism about life itself.
- This is one aspect of our fatalism and paralysis.
the belief that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening → fate—fatalist noun [countable] |