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cynic n.愤世嫉俗者；悲观者；犬儒主义者；好挖苦的人adj.犬儒学派的；好讥讽的 (1) 我太愤世嫉俗了，不能相信他会遵守诺言。(2) 悲观的人会说根本不可能取得成功。 Maybe you know a cynic or two. They like to criticize people and situations, especially if they think there’s a deeper motivation behind the more obvious one. Let’s say a friend borrows your car, and then he shows up later covered in grease and offers you a lollipop. If you’re a cynic, you’d suspect that your friend crashed your car and is trying to distract you with the delicious and sweet lollipop. And you might be right.

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英 ['sɪnɪk] 美 ['sɪnɪk] (1) I'm too much of a cynic to believe that he'll keep his promise.(2) Cynics will say that there is not the slightest chance of success. A cynic is someone who believes that humans are selfish and that they only do something if it will benefit themselves. Cynics criticize acts of kindness and will probably tease you if you help an old lady cross the street. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]认为世人皆自私的人；愤世嫉俗者 A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly. I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters.在这些事上我变得相当愤世嫉俗。

英语单词	cynic
英美音标	英 ['sɪnɪk] 美 ['sɪnɪk]
中文释义	n.愤世嫉俗者；悲观者；犬儒主义者；好挖苦的人 adj.犬儒学派的；好讥讽的
英语例句	(1) I'm too much of a cynic to believe that he'll keep his promise. (2) Cynics will say that there is not the slightest chance of success.
中文例句	(1) 我太愤世嫉俗了，不能相信他会遵守诺言。 (2) 悲观的人会说根本不可能取得成功。
vocabulary简明	A cynic is someone who believes that humans are selfish and that they only do something if it will benefit themselves. Cynics criticize acts of kindness and will probably tease you if you help an old lady cross the street.
vocabulary扩展	Maybe you know a cynic or two. They like to criticize people and situations, especially if they think there’s a deeper motivation behind the more obvious one. Let’s say a friend borrows your car, and then he shows up later covered in grease and offers you a lollipop. If you’re a cynic, you’d suspect that your friend crashed your car and is trying to distract you with the delicious and sweet lollipop. And you might be right.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]认为世人皆自私的人；愤世嫉俗者 A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly. I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters. 在这些事上我变得相当愤世嫉俗。

Cynic Believes Criticize People Friend Lollipop 英 Sɪnɪk] 美