Our information was that a large portion of the French officers, officials, and traders in all these territories had not despaired.
我们获悉，这一切地区的大部分法国军官、官员和商人并没有悲观失望。Dramatic as Thursday's reversal was, though, its bearishness -- in and of itself -- is probably of just short-term significance.
不过，我们也大可不必因此而彻底悲观失望，因为周四反转所发出的消极信号，很可能只具有短期的意义。Jack London and his representative in the main character of Martin Eden, in the spirit of the great emptiness and despair in suicide.
1916年杰克·伦敦和他的代表作中的主人公马丁·伊登一样，在精神极度空虚和悲观失望中自杀身亡。In a bleak article published in The National Interest last fall, the Harvard economist Benjamin Friedman took a more systemic view.
去年秋天，在《国家利益》上发表了一篇悲观失望的文章中，哈佛经济学家本类明·弗里德曼，提出了一个更具系统性的观点。To be optimistic or to be pessimistic, this is an attitude!
是乐观向上，还是悲观失望，这是一种态度。Stevens had been failures and setbacks, there is no complaining, no despair, but in a grateful heart to face and all-inclusive.
史蒂文斯遭到失败和挫折，没有怨天尤人，没有悲观失望，而是以一颗感恩的心面对和包容一切。In other words, we're in a real mess with lots of reasons to be upset.
换句话说，我们确实处在一片混乱中，有相当的理由去悲观失望。Of cause, emotional pessimistic disappointment, frustrated self-confidence, etc.
对事业、感情的悲观失望，受挫的自信等。Though he had failed, he did not despond.
他虽然失败了却没有悲观失望。