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单词 cynic
释义
cynic
noun[C]
disapproving
uk
/ˈsɪn.ɪk/us
/ˈsɪn.ɪk/
apersonwhobelievesthatpeopleare onlyinterestedin themselves and are notsincere:
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 tobelievethat he'llkeephispromise.我怀疑这世间的一切，不相信他会遵守诺言。
A cynic might say that thegovernmenthas only taken thismeasurebecause it isconcernedaboutitsdecliningpopularity.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。
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(Definition ofcynicfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cynic| American Dictionary

cynic
noun[C]
us
/ˈsɪn·ɪk/
apersonwhobelievesthat otherpeopleareinterestedonly in themselves andthereforedoubtsthat they can be good
(Definition ofcynicfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcynic

cynic
Not a book to recommend to thecynic.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This willingness to condemn the generalised 'other', while apparently condoning one's own family members, might appear to thecynicas mere hypocrisy.
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Indeed, acyniclike myself would argue that community regeneration is really about co-option and the imposition of the culture and objectives of the dominant 'partners'.
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Acynicmight 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.
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Paul either did not know these stories, or felt that they were not important (cynics argue that they had not yet been 'invented').
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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.
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The soldiers have been taught to be cynics by the confidence tricks of past pay rises.
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Some cynics, when we first set up this scheme, said that we were merely teaching potential burglars to be more athletic.
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There were the cynics, the enthusiasts and the realists.
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The cynics nowadays say that people have very little emotion above their stomachs.
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Some cynics have the impression that it issues circulars and that its people are busy attending conferences and giving various kinds of counsel.
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I suppose that thecynicmay say that the farmer now has an electrically heated blanket on his feather bed!
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Nothing would silence the cynics more quickly than that.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Contrary to what some cynics thought, there has been no rush to sell the land.
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Hansard archive
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I know that that seems outrageously ambitious—cynics might even say naive, but they are wrong.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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