cynical
常考释义
1.认为人皆自私的;愤世嫉俗的believing that people only do things to help themselves rather than for good or honest reasons
Do you have to be so cynical about everything?你非得怀疑一切吗?
a cynical view/smile愤世嫉俗的观点;讥笑
2.悲观的;怀疑的not believing that sth good will happen or that sth is important
I'm a bit cynical about the benefits of the plan.我对这项计划的成效有点儿怀疑。
3.只顾自己不顾他人的;见利忘义的not caring that sth might hurt other people, if there is some advantage for you
a cynical disregard for the safety of others只顾自己不顾他人安危
a deliberate and cynical foul存心恶意犯规
I think it's sort of a cynical notion to think that this new tool is going to spread the incidence of cheating.
认为互联网这种新工具会提高作弊的发生率,我觉得这是一种偏激的观点。
I've never been on a date, have always despised children, and I spend much of my time observing the world with calculating and cynical eyes.
我从未约会过,总是不待见小孩儿,终我一生的大部分时光,我都在用一种精明而愤世嫉俗的眼光打量这个世界。
The temptation is to think that people are more hardened and cynical to this sort of media manipulation.
诱惑是认为现在的人对媒体操纵更加有经验也更加严苛。
It's like the cynical editor who tells the cub reporter, "If your mother says she loves you, check it out. "
就像愤世嫉俗的编辑对初出茅庐的记者说:“如果你妈妈说她爱你,那就去确认一下吧。”
Matched against this belief are more cynical and protectionist forces that have, alas, had a strong hand in shaping the new law.
与这种信念相对的反对势力和保护主义势力联合,对这部新法的塑造影响甚大。
What are we to make of all this? Well, you could say that it demonstrates how cynical the media and society as a whole have become.
对此我们应该怎样看待?好吧,你可以说这证明了媒体与社会是多么地愤世嫉俗。
Give the book a chance, find the truth out for yourself, and don't be put off by the Guardian's Jay Raynor's somewhat cynical review.
读一读这本书,自己找到答案吧,而不要被《卫报》杰伊·瑞纳冷嘲热讽的书评分神。
She pictured him tall, slim, cynical; with eye-glasses, and his hands in his pockets; and she did not like him.
他应该很高,很瘦,愤世嫉俗;戴着眼镜,双手插在口袋里;嗯,她不喜欢他。
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。
It would be over-cynical to see this as a Democratic ploy to lure the Republicans into alienating a vital group of voters all over again.
如果将此视为民主党挑拨共和党和西语裔这一重要选民群关系的计谋的话就有些过分了。
We are going to try to run the same by forging a cynical alliance with the very members of Congress who tried to destroy him a year ago.
我们打算以其道还治其人,与国会中一年前力求打倒他的议员结成联盟,不再讲什么道义。
Twain, too, is something of the cynical pedagogue, though one of his San Francisco nicknames was the Wild Humorist of the Plains.
马克·吐温也有一点象愤世嫉俗的学究,虽然他在旧金山有一个绰号叫“平原上的野幽默家”。
Usually, when Lena referred to her life in the country at all, she dismissed it with a single remark, humorous or mildly cynical.
平素,莉娜一谈到她在农村的生活时,往往只用一句幽默或温和的冷讽热嘲的评语就带过去了。
The acerbic singer with the raw voice and an often cynical view on modern life released his final album, The Wind, just two weeks ago.
就在两周以前,这名嘲讽乐派歌手还用他那伤感的嗓音,和对现代生活不懈的观念发行了他人生中的最后一张专辑——《风》。
Cynical, tough people by nature, South Africans will soon start to ask hard questions of their national and local governments.
由于天性愤世嫉俗与性格倔强,南非民众不久将开始向他们的中央与地方政府提出尖锐的问题。
"When the inevitable errors then occur, confidence in scientific enterprise is eroded, eventually cultivating a cynical public, " he said.
“之后当科学不可避免地发生错误时,对于科学事业的信心就会受到打击,这样将会导致公众变得愤世嫉俗。”Borchelt说。
In a cynical and me-first world, Mr. A has stunned me with his selflessness and generosity of spirit.
在这尖酸刻薄,唯我独尊的世界里,A先生的无私和奉献精神令我震惊。
You come across in "Trading Up" as this really cold, hard, cynical, manipulative ? you know, rhymes with witch.
你在《向上爬》里面遇到的这种冷酷,愤世疾俗,控制人的巫婆的应声虫。
With so much money sloshing around the art world, it's not just cynical realists who worry that the market is overheating.
随着如此巨大数额的金钱在艺术市场搅动,不仅仅是愤世嫉俗的现实主义者开始担忧这个市场是否已经过热。
I "m surprised at some of the cynical comments about this sweet and gentle comedy of clashing cultures. "
我很惊讶的对这种文化发生冲突,温柔甜美喜剧的玩世不恭的一些意见。
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