English Dictionary

Micawber

IPA（発音記号）

/mɪˈkɒbər/

名詞

A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

日本語の意味

（小説『デイヴィッド・コパーフィールド』のウィルキンス・マイクオーバーに因む表現で）貧乏だが常に楽観的で、いつか何か良いことが起こると信じる人。

Despite his constant debts, Jonathan remained a Micawber among his friends, always insisting that something would turn up.

ジョナサンは常に借金があったが、友人たちの中では貧しくても常に「何とかなる」と信じる楽観的な人物で、いつもそう言い張っていた。

意味（1）

A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

As it is I see Destitution and Despair ahead of me, and have begun an epitaph in the Micawber style for my future grave in the precincts of my native County's jail.

Micawbers （ plural ）