1.认为人皆自私的人;愤世嫉俗者a person who believes that people only do things to help themselves, rather than for good or sincere reasons
2.悲观者;怀疑者a person who does not believe that sth good will happen or that sth is important
Cynics will say that there is not the slightest chance of success.悲观的人会说根本不可能取得成功。
Coverdale is something of a professional cynic.
科弗代尔有些象个专事嘲讽的恨世者。
The cynic believed that fulfillment in life was to be obtained by the total abstinence from all worldly pleasures.
讽世者相信,履行在生活中将由总节欲获得从所有世间的乐趣。
As the great French cynic La Rochefoucauld said: "People would not fall in love if they had not heard love talked about. "
正如法国伟大的愤世嫉俗的拉罗什福科说过:“如果人们没有听说过有关爱的谈论,就不会恋爱。”
"For a red rose? " they cried; "how very ridiculous! " and the little Lizard, who was something of a cynic, laughed outright.
“为一朵红玫瑰?”他们惊叫着。“真好笑!”总爱嘲讽别人的小蜥蜴大笑起来。
Susan: That's not the point, you old cynic. Edinburgh has plenty of history and suchlike, not that you'd appreciate that.
苏珊:这不是关键,你总是这么一副愤世嫉俗的样子。爱丁堡有很多名胜古迹,不过不是你喜欢的那种。
Oh, I knew it was a mistake talking to you about Jesse. You're such a cynic!
哦,我知道,和你谈论Jesse真是一个错误。你这样的愤世嫉俗!
You'd have to be some kind of cynic or misanthrope to object to such a laudable goal.
你得有点愤世嫉俗或厌恶人类才会反对这个值得赞赏的目标。
Call me a heartless cynic, but I have to admit, I'm kind of enjoying the current European crisis over Greece's fiscal mess.
说我冷血也罢,幸灾乐祸也罢,但我得承认,对于当前欧洲由希腊债务乱局引起的危机,我是挺享受的。
But having your own child provokes an astonished wonder at the miracle of life even in an old cynic.
但是有了自己的孩子后,哪怕是一个愤世嫉俗的人,心中也会激起一些对生命奇迹的感叹。
Monkey King, as a book of game, presents a sort of cynic attitude to every people's description within it.
《西游记》作为一本游戏之作,对书中几乎每一个人物都采取了戏谑的态度。
A cynic might question whether the world should take too seriously what the rest of them have to say.
愤世嫉俗的人可能会质问:世人还应该重视其余达沃斯常客所要说的话吗?
Of course, a cynic might argue that this reverence for gold is also a social construct.
当然,愤世嫉俗的人可能会说,对黄金的崇拜也是一种社会建构(socialconstruct)。
A cynic is a man who knows the price of every-thing and the value of nothing.
所谓愤世嫉俗者是指知道每个事物价格而不知道价值的人。
A cynic might see the festival as a prime example of how coddled the baby boomers were in an economy of abundance.
一个愤世嫉俗者可能会把音乐节看成是在物质经济极大丰富时期,婴儿潮一代自我惯纵的主要例证。
That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic.
现代露营装备变得一年比一年更讲究,这对那些厌世嫉俗者来说是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。
Boy meets girl, and a red-green, stop-start tumultuous relationship ensues between an idealist and a cynic.
男孩邂逅女孩,然后理想主义者与愤世嫉俗者之间就此展开一段断断续续、分分合合而风波不断的恋情。
Accordingly, we might think of a modern cynic as someone who's given up all hope of finding a door, much less a key.
同样,我们可以认为,一个现代犬儒主义者是那些已经放弃了全部的寻找一扇门的希望的人,更不要说去寻找一把钥匙。
A cynic would say that such agreement was easy, since the stakes are so low.
愤世嫉俗的人会说达成这样的协议太简单了,如今投资相当低。
'Sincere' believer in official Late Socialist ideology was, therefore, potentially much more dangerous to the regime than a cynic.
因此,一个官方后期社会主义意识形态的虔诚信仰者,对政府来说,可能要比早先的愤世嫉俗者更加危险。
The cynic inside me knows there will always be the need for guns and military training because we humans are hopeless and fickle creatures.
我愤世嫉俗的一部分知道总是需要枪和军事训练,因为我们人类是绝望和变化无常的动物。
以上图片仅供学习交流使用,版权归原作者所有,如有侵权,请与我方联系