| 英语单词 | cynicism |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['sɪnɪsɪzəm] 美 ['sɪnɪsɪzəm] |
| 中文释义 | n.愤世嫉俗;讥笑;冷言冷语 Cynicism:犬儒主义; 犬儒哲学. |
| 英语例句 | (1) He spoke in a tone of weary cynicism. (2) This cynicism makes today's young people hard to predict. (3) Arkady was wounded by Bazarov's cynicism. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他用一种愤世嫉俗的口气说话。 (2) 这种愤世嫉俗的人生观使当今的年轻人难以揣摩。 (3) 巴扎洛夫的冷言冷语伤害了阿尔卡狄。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Cynicism is the feeling of distrust or that something isn't going to work out well. Some people feel cynicism when politicians make big promises. |
| vocabulary扩展 | To pronounce cynicism, place the accent on the first syllable: "SIH-nuh-cih-zum." You might associate cynicism with sarcasm. Cynicism comes from believing that people are, at heart, selfish and untrustworthy. Sarcasm is the expression of negative feelings like cynicism, by expressing, for dramatic effect, the opposite of what is meant: "I'm quite sure that politician took that bribe by mistake. We all know how easy it is to overlook the sudden appearance of $2 million dollars in your checking account." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]认为世人皆自私的观念;愤世嫉俗 Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](对成功或人的真善的)怀疑 Cynicism about something is the belief that it cannot be successful or that the people involved are not honourable.
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