downbeat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++down·beat1 /ˈdaʊnbiːt/ adjective EMOTIONALnot showing any strong feelings, especially not happy ones 冷漠的，无激情的；〔尤指〕忧郁的 OPP upbeat Al was surprisingly downbeat about the party. 奇怪的是，阿尔对那次聚会一点也不热心。
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downbeat• The latest economic surveys are more downbeat as a result of the recent decline in world trade.• Mubarak gave a downbeat assessment of the situation in the Middle East.• Cheney may be almost deliberately downbeat, but Bush's choice was unusually illuminating.• The futuristic look is nicely accomplished, without a lot of eye candy: darkish, downbeat, more melancholy than despairing.downbeat2 noun [countable] 1. APMthe first note in a bar of music 〔乐谱中一个小节的〕强拍2. APMthe movement a conductor makes to show when this note is to be played or sung 下拍〔乐队指挥表示要演奏或唱出某个音符时的手势〕Examples from the Corpus
downbeat• Both of them said the word on the same downbeat, which made them burst into laughter at how hilarious they sounded.• Notice that the patterns rarely fall on the downbeat.down·beat1 adjectivedownbeat2 nounChineseSyllable
feelings, strong Corpus not not especially ones happy any showing
downbeat
down‧beat1 /ˈdaʊnbiːt/ 
adjective
not showing any strong feelings, especially not happy ones
OPP upbeat:
Al was surprisingly downbeat about the party.
▪ pessimistic expecting that bad things will happen, or that someone will be unsuccessful: He was pessimistic about the team’s chances of winning the championship. | a pessimistic view of human nature
▪downbeat having an attitude that is not hopeful and not expecting success, or not expecting the situation to improve, especially the economic or political situation: The overall mood in the stockmarket is decidedly downbeat. | The chairman made some downbeat remarks about the company’s sales performance. | His assessment of the UK’s economic prospects is generally downbeat.
▪gloomy not having much hope for the future: Environmental groups are gloomy about the future of our planet. | The article painted a gloomy picture of the human rights situation in Burma.
▪negative considering only the bad qualities of a situation, person etc, and not the good ones: His negative attitude towards work was affecting his colleagues. | Why are you always so negative?
▪fear the worst formal to expect a situation to have the worst possible result, because you know how bad the situation could be: I hadn’t heard any news from her for over a week, and I was starting to fear the worst.
▪sb’s glass is half empty informal used about people who only see the bad qualities of a situation, even when other people might see better qualities in the same situation: He’s one of those people whose glass is always half empty.
downbeat2 noun [countable]
1. the first note in a bar of music
2. the movement a conductor makes to show when this note is to be played or sung
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adjectivenot showing any strong feelings, especially not happy ones
OPP upbeat:
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noun [countable]1. the first note in a bar of music
2. the movement a conductor makes to show when this note is to be played or sung