upbeat
英['?pbi?t]
美['?pbit]
- n. 興旺；上升；弱拍
- adj. 樂觀的；上升的
中文詞源
upbeat 樂觀的
up, 向上，beat, 擊打。原為音樂術語，樂聲激昂曲調，引申詞義樂觀的。
英文詞源
- upbeat (adj.)
- "with a positive mood," 1947, apparently from on the upbeat "improving, getting better," attested from 1934 and a favorite of "Billboard" headline-writers in the early 1940s, from the musical noun upbeat (1869), referring to the beat of a bar at which the conductor's baton is in a raised position; from up (adv.) + beat (n.). The "optimistic" sense apparently for no other reason than that it sounds like a happy word (the musical upbeat is no more inherently "positive" than any other beat).
雙語例句
- 1. Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.
- 內爾的同事們說他實際上在說笑逗樂，心情不錯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered.
- 科學家對即將收集到的信息仍滿懷希望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.
- 國防部長對目前的戰事給予了樂觀的評價。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The tone of the speech was upbeat.
- 這次講話的語氣頗為樂觀。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.
- 總理樂觀地聲稱政府已經一勞永逸地解決了通貨膨脹問題，但更多人的失業卻令這一消息大為減色。
來自柯林斯例句