| 词汇 | cynic |
| 释义 | cynic noun[ C ] disapprovinguk /ˈsɪn.ɪk/ us /ˈsɪn.ɪk/ a person who believes that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere: 愤世嫉俗的人;怀疑人之真诚者;认为人皆自私者 I'm too much of a cynic to believe that he'll keep his promise.我怀疑这世间的一切，不相信他会遵守诺言。 A cynic might say that the government has only taken this measure because it is concerned about its declining popularity.愤世嫉俗者会说政府之所以采取这项措施仅仅是由于对其信任度下降感到担忧。 Suspecting & questioning ask questions of someone/somethingidiom challenge challengingly cynical about someone/something cynically cynicism doubt interrogate query reserve sceptic sceptical sceptically scepticism skeptic skeptical skeptically suspect suspected suspiciously cynic | American Dictionarycynic noun[ C ] us/ˈsɪn·ɪk/ a person who believes that other people are interested only in themselves and therefore doubts that they can be good Examples of cyniccynic Not a book to recommend to the cynic. This willingness to condemn the generalised 'other', while apparently condoning one's own family members, might appear to the cynic as mere hypocrisy. Indeed, a cynic like myself would argue that community regeneration is really about co-option and the imposition of the culture and objectives of the dominant 'partners'. A cynic might argue that if we concentrate research on looking for social cohesion and active human agency, then that is what we are most likely to find. Paul either did not know these stories, or felt that they were not important (cynics argue that they had not yet been 'invented'). Such cynics saw honour as a matter of rank and preferment, to be gained by noisy shows of loyalty and the traditional swaggering bravado of the braggart soldier. The soldiers have been taught to be cynics by the confidence tricks of past pay rises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some cynics, when we first set up this scheme, said that we were merely teaching potential burglars to be more athletic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were the cynics, the enthusiasts and the realists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cynics nowadays say that people have very little emotion above their stomachs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some cynics have the impression that it issues circulars and that its people are busy attending conferences and giving various kinds of counsel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that the cynic may say that the farmer now has an electrically heated blanket on his feather bed! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing would silence the cynics more quickly than that. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Contrary to what some cynics thought, there has been no rush to sell the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that that seems outrageously ambitious—cynics might even say naive, but they are wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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