upbeat是什么意思

upbeat

英 ['?pbi?t] 美 ['?pbit]

upbeat 樂觀的

up, 向上，beat, 擊打。原為音樂術(shù)語，樂聲激昂曲調(diào)，引申詞義樂觀的。

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.: 內(nèi)爾的同事們說他實際上在說笑逗樂，心情不錯。

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。

3. The Defense Secretary gave an upbeat assessment of the war so far.: 國防部長對目前的戰(zhàn)事給予了樂觀的評價。

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(jīng)一勞永逸地解決了通貨膨脹問題，但更多人的失業(yè)卻令這一消息大為減色。