Eeyoreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.jɔː(ɹ)/

名詞

Eeyore (複数形 Eeyores)

1. (figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person.
   • 1989, Terry Jones, Erik the Viking, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1990, →ISBN, pg. 39:

     SVEN nods toward SNORRI THE MISERABLE - an Eeyore of a Viking if ever there were one.

   • 2003, The Resurrection of the Son of God, Volume 3 of Christian origins and the question of God, Nicholas Thomas Wright, Fortress Press, →ISBN, pg. 108:

     Ecclesiastes, who sometimes seems to cast himself as the Eeyore of the Old Testament, would simply shrug his shoulders and tell you to make the best of what you had.

   • 2008, Steven Haines, The Product Manager's Desk Reference, McGraw-Hill Professional, →ISBN pg. 99:

     You can't succeed as a Pollyanna or an Eeyore in the Product Management role — the glass is neither half full nor half empty, simply something that must eventually be washed.

派生語

• Eeyorish