英 [dɪˈfiːtɪzəm] 美 [dɪˈfiːtɪzəm]
n. 失败主义
defeatism /dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/
不可数名词 Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful. 失败主义
...the mood of economic defeatism.
...经济失败主义的情绪。
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
失败主义
Not bother to vote is a sure sign of defeatism.
连投票都不投， 纯粹是失败主义。
Yet wariness should not be mistaken for defeatism.
而且谨慎不应该被误解为失败主义。
But as an institution, the EU fears that even a hint of defeatism may spread panic.
作为一个机构，欧盟害怕有关危机处理不力的一点点暗示都有可能使得惊慌扩散。
Fortunately, there is an alternative to the defeatism offered by Senate Democrats and some Republicans.
The 79-19 vote for the Warner amendment is evidence of the onset of creeping defeatism.
She said there was not a sense of defeatism and that pupils were motivated and enthused.