All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.
在他接到那个字条后的那段时间里, 他父亲善于预见最恶劣的情况的能力, 以及他的妻子神经质的悲观主义都令他思绪万千。
He never gave himself up to pessimism in spite of difficulties.
尽管遇到困难他从没有消极悲观过。
pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
悲观主义者, 当你习惯它之后, 就和乐观主义者一样令人惬意了。
