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单词 cynical
释义
cynical
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/
C2
believingthatpeopleare onlyinterestedin themselves and are notsincere:
愤世嫉俗的；怀疑人之真诚的；认为人皆自私的
She has aprettycynicalviewof men.她对男人的态度太过偏激。
I've always beendeeplycynicalaboutpoliticians.我对政客们总是嗤之以鼻。
used to say that someone'sfeelingsoremotionsare used toyourownadvantage:
利用他人感情的；损人利己的
Sheworksin that most cynical ofindustries-advertising.她供职于最具煽惑性的行业——广告行业。
Hepraisesmycookingbut it's just a cynicalployto get me to make himdinner.他夸我烧一手好菜只不过是在耍花招，哄我给他做饭。
sportsUKspecialized
notshowingfairnessorrespectto anopposingplayer:
Most of myinjurieshave come frombadcynicaltackles.
Cynicalfoulsbydefenderswith nointentionofplayingtheballwere thereasonrefereeswereaskedto gettoughin the firstplace.
More examples
  • Manypeoplehavebecomecynical about the stage-manageddebatesbetweenpoliticianswhichregularlyappearontelevision.
  • 15yearsin theteachingprofessionhadlefthimworld-wearyand cynical.
  • "He's onlypretendingto likeclassicalmusicso that Emma will go out with him." "Don't be so cynical - you don'tknowthat."
  • Ithoughtthe actor'sappealwas verymoving, but myhusbandsawit as a cynicalattemptto getpublicity.
  • How did mytrustinglittlechildsuddenlyturninto such anangry, cynicalteenager?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • ask
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  • call into questionidiom
  • challenge
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  • doubter
  • doubting Thomas
  • fisking
  • misgiving
  • niggle
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  • reserve
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  • self-doubt
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  • suspicious
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cynically
cynicism
(Definition ofcynicalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
cynical
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/
C2
believingthatpeopleare onlyinterestedin themselves and are notsincere
愤世嫉俗的；怀疑人之真诚的；认为人皆自私的
She has aprettycynicalviewof men.她对男人的态度太过偏激。
I've always beendeeplycynicalaboutpoliticians.我对政客们总是嗤之以鼻。
used to say that someone'sfeelingsoremotionsare used toyourownadvantage
利用他人感情的；损人利己的
Sheworksin that most cynical ofindustries-advertising.她供职于最具煽惑性的行业——广告行业。
Hepraisesmycookingbut it's just a cynicalployto get me to make himdinner.他夸我烧一手好菜只不过是在耍花招，哄我给他做饭。
More examples
  • Manypeoplehavebecomecynical about the stage-manageddebatesbetweenpoliticianswhichregularlyappearontelevision.
  • 15yearsin theteachingprofessionhadlefthimworld-wearyand cynical.
  • "He's onlypretendingto likeclassicalmusicso that Emma will go out with him." "Don't be so cynical - you don'tknowthat."
  • Ithoughtthe actor'sappealwas verymoving, but myhusbandsawit as a cynicalattemptto getpublicity.
  • How did mytrustinglittlechildsuddenlyturninto such anangry, cynicalteenager?

cynical| American Dictionary

cynical
adjective
us
/ˈsɪn·ɪ·kəl/
nottrustingorrespectingthegoodnessof otherpeopleandtheiractions, butbelievingthatpeopleareinterestedonly in themselves:
Listening topoliticiansfor toolongcan make you cynical.
She’sbecomecynical about men.

cynicism

noun[U]us
/ˈsɪn·əˌsɪz·əm/
He’s often beenaccusedof cynicism, but he says he’s justrealistic.
(Definition ofcynicalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcynical

cynical
Many becamecynical, bluffed their way through, concentrated on family interests, or used their offices for financial gain.
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It wascynical, yet certain of its target, deadly in its accuracy.
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Therefore, voters became morecynicalas the negative information on candidates became widely available as the elections approached.
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The seemingly endless multiplication of voices crying for aid tends to blunt the compassion of an increasingly indifferent andcynicalpublic in the developed world.
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Neither did personality characteristics such as trait anxiety,cynicaldistrust, or coping increase the risk.
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Moreover, the rebuttal excuses often provided by the blackballed candidates made voters even morecynicalabout the politicians and the political process in general.
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At least, we economists need to look at such claims with acynicaleye.
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The exchange involved will indeed be acynicalexercise but it will be, nonetheless, a successful one.
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Transforming 'angry young men' into embittered,cynical'couch-potatoes'.
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A number of deponents saw his charitable countenance as acynicalattempt at self-preservation.
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This was a colossal failure, wherecynicalmanipulation, massive corruption, and state terror derailed an expensive attempt to impose ' democracy ' from above.
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One possible explanation might be that the relatively more affluent households are morecynicalabout compliance.
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But love as fate, as fatality,cynical, innocent, cruel, - and thus true to nature!
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Thecynicalwill not take this sales talk too seriously.
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The basic weaknesses in the political system which provided the opportunities for hercynicalaction have yet to be scrutinized.
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