单词 | Pangloss |
释义 | Pangloss (once / 42980 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pangloss USAGE EXAMPLESBut Dr. Pangloss, Voltaire’s fatuously optimistic philosopher, is an unfairly reviled man. The New Yorker(Sep 21, 2015) A modern Dr Pangloss, he states that there is nothing original and, as with the internet, we can all pitch in. Newsweek(Apr 10, 2015) But to Gregory and others, that is a blinkered optimism worthy of Dr. Pangloss. New York Times(Mar 05, 2015) n an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire Exp character, fictional character, fictitious character an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) |
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