upbeat

英 ['ʌpbiːt] 美['ʌpbit]

低频词畅通词汇

upbeat 乐观的

up, 向上，beat, 击打。原为音乐术语，乐声激昂曲调，引申词义乐观的。

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).

1. Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.: 内尔的同事们说他实际上在说笑逗乐，心情不错。

2. Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered.: 科学家对即将收集到的信息仍满怀希望。

3. The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.: 国防部长对目前的战事给予了乐观的评价。

5. The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.: 总理乐观地声称政府已经一劳永逸地解决了通货膨胀问题，但更多人的失业却令这一消息大为减色。