cynical
['sinikəl]
adj.愤世嫉俗的, 悲观的, 恶意的
例句与用法:
The footballer brought down his opponent with a cynical foul.
那个足球队员恶意犯规把对方绊倒了。
She is getting more cynical about life.
她变得对生活更加愤世嫉俗。
They've grown rather cynical about democracy.
他们逐渐感到所谓民主制度也不过如此。
His cynical attitude gave us a surprise.
他那愤世嫉俗的态度让我们惊奇。
词形变化:
副词: cynically | 名词: cynicalness |
a.
1. 愤世嫉俗的; 怀疑人间有真诚善意的; 悲观的[(+about)]
He's cynical about her motives.
他怀疑她的动机。
She's cynical about recovering her lost watch.
她不相信能找回丢失的手表。
2. 挖苦的, 冷嘲的
cynical remarks
挖苦话
3. (大写)犬儒主义的
cynical
词形变化:
副词: cynically | 名词: cynicalness |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.怀疑一切的, 讥诮的
skeptical
doubting
doubtful
suspicious
distrustful
disbelieving
unbelieving
critical
sarcastic
sardonic
scornful
mocking
ridiculing
derisive
satirical
ironic
ironical
sneering
questioning
scoffing
pessimistic
negative
naysaying
misanthropic
a.冷嘲热讽的
caustic
mordant
mordacious
acrimonious
bitter
acrid
acidulous
acid
pungent
trenchant
cutting
incisive
piercing
stinging
nipping
biting
pointed
sharp
sharp-tongued
acerb
acerbic
insulting
abusive
scurrilous
uncharitable
sneering
a.直率的, 唐突的
abrupt
brusque
blunt
curt
short
hostile
resentful
indignant
piqued
angry
morose
surly
反义:
a.讥笑的; 愤世嫉俗的
optimistic
cynical['sinikəl]adj.1.■玩世不恭的,愤世嫉俗的2.■爱挖苦人的,爱嘲笑的3.■[C-]犬儒学派的,犬儒哲学的
cynicalcynical[ˈsinikəl]adj.1.■愤世嫉俗的, 冷嘲热讽的; 玩世不恭的a cynical remark风凉话
继承用法cynicallyadv.cynicalnessn.
adjective
- believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
愤世嫉俗的;玩世不恭的
her cynical attitude.
她愤世嫉俗的态度。
■doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile
怀疑论的
most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city.
大部分居民对将歹徒清除出城市心存怀疑。
■contemptuous; mocking
轻蔑的;嘲笑的
he gave a cynical laugh.
他轻蔑地笑了一笑。 - concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them
极端利己而不讲道义的
a cynical professional foul.
为己方利益的纯技术性犯规。
cynically
adverb
cynical
形容词 cynical:
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
cynical
■"Close enough for government work" is a cynical expression meaning not terribly accurate.
"对政府来说已足够精确"是一个嘲讽的说法,意思是"并不精确",
■In the court of public opinion, celebrities now know that people are cynical, Bossert says.
Bossert说,在民意法庭中,名人现在知道人们是玩世不恭的。
■"Now don't get cynical," Martin exhorted."The magazine editors are not wholly fatuous.I know that.
“好了,可别那么愤世嫉俗,”马丁提出要求,“杂志编辑并非都那么昏庸,这我是知道的。
■"This is a cynical ploy on the part of the Republican leadership in an election year," Cantwell said in a statement.
“这是大选之年共和党领导人一个玩世不恭的举措,”凯特威尔说。
■The day a person becomes a cynic is the day he loses his youth.
一个人变的玩世不恭的那天,也就是他失去青春的那天。
■A dried-up, yellow little man, cynical and weary in the face, as if a moral steam-roller had passed over it, answered this call.
一个干瘪的、肤色黄黄的矮个子,一脸的讥诮和倦容,仿佛给一种道德的蒸气滚筒在他脸上滚过似的,答应了这个呼唤。
■A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the valueof nothing.
一个愤世嫉俗的人知道所有东西的价格,却不知道他们的价值。
■A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
一个爱嘲讽的男人会清楚每一件事物的价格,却对其价值一无所知。
■Some say that he became cynical, but I do not believe this.
一些人说他变得愤世嫉俗,但是我不这么认为。
■For a minute he literally hated this earthy , cynical world to which one belonged, willy-nilly.
一时之间,他真恨起这个谁都不能不属于其中的、鄙俗而吹毛求疵的世界来。
■We were, in short, not just getting out under the cynical cover of a "decent interval" before the final collapse.
一言以蔽之,我们的目的不光是在“争取一段体面的时间”的巧言掩饰下在最后崩溃之前抽出身来。
■Become a white-collar or become a cynic.
不想做白领,就做愤青吧。
■I dont think so. We are just incredibly cynical inmyfamily!
不是,我们家在这些事情上特别愤世嫉俗。
■Sometimes, I think I will become a cynical and hared person.
不知过了多久,朦胧中听见了一阵敲门声。
■Don't be so grumpy and cynical about it.
不要为此这么生气,这么愤世嫉俗。
■The common people often says: The outguess life and death , be cynical , in fact many reason has lost love.
世人常道:看透生死,看破红尘,其实多因失去了爱情。
■At breakfast Lal had joined him in one or two cynical remarks.
中餐时,拉尔和他又相互说几句不冷不热的话。
■A cynic might say that is just a marketing slogan, but I actually believe that.
也许有人会嘲讽说这是营销口号,但是我们相信这是可以做到的。
■Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don't want to come off as cynical.
事实上这个比例接近97%,只是我不愿被当作愤世嫉俗的人,才不这么说罢了。
■In fact, the whole offer for sale could be seen as a cynical, if necessary, charade.
事实上,整个竞价过程都可被视为嘲讽的儿戏,尽管这是必需的。
■He had nearly swooned at what Lord Henry had said in a chance mood of cynical jesting.
亨利勋爵刚才偶然说了句玩世不恭的话,几乎叫他昏倒。
■He was cynical about her prospects for victory.
他不相信她有胜利的希望。
■He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.
他不相信民主会带来什么好处。
■He has a cynical view of the world.
他以玩世不恭的态度看待世界。
■Those inclined might attribute it to God, the cynic would say it was madness.
他们倾向于把这种感知归荣于上帝。犬儒们肯定会嘲笑他们都疯了。
■They are as heavy as metal, as politically barbed as Punk, and as abusively cynical as Industrial.
他们像金属一样重,像朋克一样热衷政治讽刺,还像工业音乐一样滥用悲观。
■They become cynical and think that programming is just a way of making money.
他们变得愤世忌俗且认为写程式只不过是赚钱的一种方法而已。
■Everything they were not cynical about Soviet society.
他们并非对苏联的每一件事都看不惯。
■They bearded me with cynical questions.
他们提出各种刻薄的问题刺激我。
■They are a great side, but we are not too sure why they are so cynical.
他们是伟大的球队,但是我们不明白他们为什么这么龌龊。
■They've grown rather cynical about democracy.
他们逐渐感到所谓民主制度也不过如此。
■They' ve grown rather cynical about democracy, ie no longer believe that it is an honest system.
他们逐渐感到所谓民主制度也不过尔尔.
■He had sharp, if not brilliant, tongue in his head-a gift at times for making crisp and cynical remarks.
他嘴里长了个很锋利的舌头,虽然还说不上雄辩,这是他的一种天赋,有时候能说些切中要害的刻薄话。
■He is cynical about his boss.
他在上司面前表现得玩世不恭。
■He brought amazing emotional substance and a cynical reality to the movie.
他将震撼人心的情感内涵及玩世不恭的真实写融入到影片中去。
■He's cynical about her motives.
他怀疑她的动机。
■He was Rudolph's best friend on the campus, an energetic, overt boy, cynical and shrewd behind a lazy Oklahoma drawl.
他是鲁道夫在学院中最要好的朋友,是个精力旺盛、诚挚坦率的小伙子,在他那懒洋洋的俄克拉何马州的拖沓口音后面,隐藏着精明强干和愤世嫉俗。
■His eyes waited on her words, cynical amusement in them, and she could not go on.
他瞪着眼睛等她说下去,眼光里流露出冷嘲的乐趣,这叫她无法说下去了。
■A cynical grin lit up the face of his youthful opponent.
他那个年轻的对手的脸上露出了讥讽的冷笑。
■His cynical attitude gave us a surprise.
他那愤世嫉俗的态度让我们惊奇。
■Hurstwood once asked, concealing almost completely the cynical protest and regret which prompted it.
他问这话本来是想用讥讽的口气表示一下抗议和遗憾,但是问话时,他几乎把自己的本意完全掩盖住了。
■Arab rulers hold on to power through a cynical combination of coercion, intimidation and co-option.
伊斯兰教也没能阻挡得了民主在亚洲的穆斯林国家生根发芽。
■A cynic knows the price of everything, but the valueof nothing.
但不知道他们的价值。
■But he was still surprised to see a cameraman cry, because”they're a pretty cynical lot.
但是看到一位摄影师落泪他还是颇感意外,因为”他们这群人相当愤世嫉俗”。
■"A miserable job makes a person cynical and frustrated and demoralized when they go home at night," Lencioni says.
作者指出:“不快乐”的工作和“坏”工作是不同的。
■Advertising like this is a cynical manipulation of the elderly.
作这样的广告宣传就是耍弄老年人。
■Has it made you very cynical?
你一直善于讽刺,是吗?
■Do you not think that is a very cynical view of mankind?
你不认为这是一个非常讽刺的看法,人类?
■Your music conveys a lot of hope. It's not cynical.
你们音乐里传达了许多希望。它并不那么愤世嫉俗。
■You let me stop, originally cynical bent forward and let my fate begin to slow down, take you to come along.
你让我驻足,原本一心向前无所顾忌、任由天命的我,开始放慢脚步,带着你一起走。