| 单词 | cynical |
| 释义 | cyn·i·cal 1. < the younger sister grew more cynical, not to say acid, in her ways — Rudyard Kipling > 2. < provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest and efficient — F.D.Roosevelt > 3. < but people nowadays are so cynical — they sneer at everything that makes life worthwhile — L.P.Smith > Synonyms: < the loneliness which breathes in words like these has often begotten in great rulers a cynical comtempt of men and the judgments of men — J.R.Green > < he was cynical that any good could come of democracy — J.T.Farrell > < the cynical opinion, which dissents and says that the less we understand one another the better, will not be considered here — I.A.Richards > misanthropic suggests dislike and distrust of human beings in general and discomfort at or aversion to their society < he had been the laughingstock of the school even before that day for his inability to conform to their standards, but after that day his loathing for every aspect of youthful high spirits hardened into a misanthropic mania — J.C.Powys > pessimistic connotes a gloomy view of life in general, one without joy or hope < the pessimistic sects which despair of social progress and look for a catastrophic ending of the present world order — W.L.Sperry > < official Whig leaders went politically to sleep in their country seats, muttering pessimistic prophecies of the impossibility of conquering Napoleon — G.M.Trevelyan > misogynic and its variants indicate a distrust of and aversion to women on man's part < an old-fashioned bachelor whose misogynic views and prejudice against matrimony have been conjecturally traced to his brother Perses having a wife as extravagant as himself — James Davies > < in spite of this modest status of woman, the Greeks were profoundly misogynous — H.M.Parshley > |
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