sanguine

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san·guine /ˈsæŋɡwɪn/ adjectiveadj formal

HAPPYhappy and hopeful about the future 乐观的；充满自信的 SYN optimistic

sanguine about

Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of inflation.

其他经济学家对于通货膨胀的可能性比较乐观。

a sanguine view

乐观的态度

Examples from the Corpus

sanguine• Guterson, 39, seems sanguine about his remarkable success.• However, some other forecasters are more sanguine about inflation.• Simon was not always sanguine about the population issue.• Jody is not sanguine about the prospects.• We stopped believing in the four humours, but we remain bilious, choleric, sanguine and phlegmatic.• a sanguine complexion• Such a sanguine conclusion may seem odd at a time when furious arguments are no doubt raging behind the scenes.• His close colleagues were rather less sanguine in private.• This is not to say that Brownmiller has written a sanguine portrait of sisters locking arms in struggle.• Traders are taking a sanguine view of interest-rate prospects.

Origin sanguine

(1300-1400) French sanguin, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguis “blood”

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BNC: 18867 COCA: 16915

sanguine

Confident and proud: confident, proud, easy...