cynical

['sinikəl]

adj.愤世嫉俗的, 悲观的, 恶意的

a.

1. 愤世嫉俗的; 怀疑人间有真诚善意的; 悲观的[(+about)]

He's cynical about her motives.

他怀疑她的动机。

She's cynical about recovering her lost watch.

她不相信能找回丢失的手表。

2. 挖苦的, 冷嘲的

cynical remarks

挖苦话

3. (大写)犬儒主义的

词形变化

副词: cynically | 名词: cynicalness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.怀疑一切的, 讥诮的

skeptical  doubting  doubtful  suspicious  distrustful  disbelieving  unbelieving  critical  sarcastic  sardonic  scornful  mocking  ridiculing  derisive  satirical  ironic  ironical  sneering  questioning  scoffing  pessimistic  negative  naysaying  misanthropic

a.冷嘲热讽的

caustic  mordant  mordacious  acrimonious  bitter  acrid  acidulous  acid  pungent  trenchant  cutting  incisive  piercing  stinging  nipping  biting  pointed  sharp  sharp-tongued  acerb  acerbic  insulting  abusive  scurrilous  uncharitable  sneering

a.直率的, 唐突的

abrupt  brusque  blunt  curt  short  hostile  resentful  indignant  piqued  angry  morose  surly  

反义:

a.讥笑的; 愤世嫉俗的

optimistic  

英英释义

形容词 cynical:

believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

同义词：misanthropic, misanthropical

补充

cynicalcynical英:[ˈsinikəl] 美:[ˈsɪnɪkəl]adj.1.怀疑的, 愤世嫉俗的With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.抱着那种愤世嫉俗的观点, 他不相信任何人。The footballer brought down his opponent with a cynical foul.那个足球队员恶意犯规把对方绊倒了。He is cynical about love.他在玩弄爱情。He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大, 他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。

例句

1. such a cynical view of life如此愤世嫉俗的人生观 2. Voters tend to have a cynical view of the probity of those in power.选民们往往对掌权者的诚信持怀疑态度。 3. It's hard not to be cynical about reform.很难不对改革持怀疑态度。 4. It has also made me more cynical about relationships.这也使得我越发不相信爱情。 5. The Conservatives attacked the move as a cynical attempt to denigrate the media.保守党人指责这一举动是对媒体的恣意诋毁。 6. I think it's a cynical ploy to rally public opinion.我认为争取公众舆论是一个恶毒伎俩。 7. We Indians have learnt to bear it with a cynical smile.我们印度人已经学会用玩世不恭的微笑来承受它。 8. her cynical attitude.她愤世嫉俗的态度。 9. most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city.大部分居民对将歹徒清除出城市心存怀疑。 10. he gave a cynical laugh.他轻蔑地笑了一笑。 11. a cynical professional foul.为己方利益的纯技术性犯规。 12. cynical people say there is no such thing as true love.持人皆自私论的人认为世上没有真爱。 13. People are so cynical nowadays.现今的人们都这么不相信别人。 14. She's become more cynical in her old age.她晚年变得更加愤世嫉俗。 15. He's cynical about marriage.他对婚姻有些玩世不恭。 16. Many young people today are cynical about politics.如今，很多年轻人认为政治也不过尔尔。 17. Some people regard the governor's visit to the hospital as a cynical attempt to win votes.有些人认为州长到医院探访不过是出于拉选票的自私目的而已。 18. "We live in a cruel, cynical [=uncaring] world."我们生活在一个冷酷无情的世界里。 19. The character talks cynically about love.这人玩世不恭地谈论着爱情。