Nostalgia serves optimists and pessimists alike as an anchor in a world being transformed.

在正在转变世界，怀旧对于乐观主义和悲观主义来说，就像一个锚。

When things go wrong the pessimist tends to blame himself.

当出了问题之后，悲观主义往往自我责备。

So you prefer to be an optimist rather than pessimist?

因此，您宁愿做一个乐观主义，而是悲观主义？

Minus 100 points for being a pessimist.

太消极了，扣1000分。

It’s a good thing, Finn. The opposite of an optimist is, of course, a pessimist.

这是一件好事，费恩。乐观主义反过来就是悲观主义了。

Pessimists fret that much of this progress will reverse now that Africa faces economic headwinds.

持悲观态度投资担心非洲经济遇到强劲逆风，大多所取得进步都会倒退。

That's why it's so difficult for pessimists to change their worldview.

这就是为什么悲观主义很难改变他们世界观。

'I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things.

" 我近来成了个对世界非常悲观人。

Research has found that the pessimist doesn't take good care of himself.

研究发现悲观主义会很好地照顾自己。

Pessimists could argue that the company is overvalued.

悲观主义可能会认为，该公司被高估了。

If you are a pessimist, it will be a building full of heavily surveilled drunkards.

如果你是悲观主义，那它将是一座充满受严密监视酒鬼大楼。

But then sometimes a pessimist succeeds beyond his or her expectations.

但有时悲观主义超出了自身期望取得了成功。

I'm a… I'm a pessimist compared to him.

我其实… … 跟他比是个悲观主义。

You have to say this about Turner, though. He's an equal-opportunity pessimist.

你得承认特纳是个信奉机会均等悲观主义。

It's too late to be a pessimist.

要悲观已经太迟。

Boy, for a gunman, you're one hell of a pessimist.

伙计，你可是个枪手，你还是个该死悲观主义。

There are plenty of pessimists born in the spring and true blue optimists in the winter And of course, your personality is defined by a lot more than just whether there's a lot of light or just a little when you're born.

有在春天出生悲观主义和在冬天出生真正乐观主义，当然，你个性仅仅是由你出生时是否有很多光或只有一点光来定义。

As doomsday as this kind of thinking might seem, a number of studies have found that imagining all the worst case scenarios is a defensive pessimist's preferred coping style, and if you take that away, they're worse off.

这种想法看来像世界末日一样，许多研究发现，想象所有最坏情况是防御性悲观主义首选应对方式，如果把它排除，情况会更糟。

So if we take this all together, I guess the question comes down to: Are you guys technology optimists or pessimists?

因此，如果我们把这一切放在一考量，这个问题可以归结为：你们是科技乐观主义还是悲观主义？

AS A measure of the seriousness of negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, the number of Palestinian prisoners released on the eve of talks, say pessimists, is a gloomy barometer.

悲观主义声称，以会谈前夕释放巴勒斯坦俘虏数目作为对巴以协商认真程度衡量，前景令人悲观。