失败主义者 meaning in English

defeatist

He had been assailed as a coward and a defeatist by his own friends .
他被他的朋友们指为懦夫和失败主义者。
To suggest that a creative writer , in a time of conflict , must split his life into two compartments , may seem defeatist or frivolous ; yet in practice do not see what else he can do
建议那些有创造力的作家们，在战争的矛盾冲突时期，一定要把他们的生活裂成两部分，以便可以看到失败主义者以及那些轻佻的行动；然而在实践中，并没有看到他们能做些别的（不一样的）事情。