cynical

cynical

美 [ˈsɪnɪk(ə)l] 　英 ['sɪnɪk(ə)l]

• adj.认为人皆自私的；愤世嫉俗的；悲观的；怀疑的
• 网络嘲讽般的笑容；犬儒；冷嘲热讽的

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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。

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”。

I should hate her to become cynical.

看到她对什么都嘲笑我就生气。

Gillanbone was not a particularly superstitious community, but even the most cynical resident shivered that Sunday, September 2nd.

吉兰本不是一个特迷信的地方，但在9月2日那个星期天，即使是感情冷漠的居民，也激动得浑身发抖。

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。

This may be a cynical opinion.

这也许说得太刻薄了。

He was so cynical that he sneered at everything that made life worth living.

他也太玩世不恭了，凡是对人生有意义的事，他一概加以嘲笑。

The word serves a real purpose - it conveys tone in text, something that even the most cynical critics accept.

这个词能传达真实的效果——在文本中它能传达出音调，即使那些愤世嫉俗的批评家也接受这一点。

The cynical reader might ask, what is so special about this particular book in comparison to the numerous other books that are published.

抱着怀疑态度的读者也许会问，这本书和已经出版的数量众多的其它书有什么区别。

They no longer believe in the hypocritical moralizing , and a cynical attitude toward life, to express their protest against the negative.

他们不再相信虚伪的道德说教，而以玩世不恭的生活态度来表示自己的消极抗议。

Gouvernail was slim enough, but he wasn't very tall nor very cynical; neither did he wear eyeglasses nor carry his hands in his pockets.

实际上，高维内尔虽然非常瘦，但他并不高，也没有那么愤世嫉俗，更没有戴眼镜和双手插在口袋里。

It tells the story of a cynical Brooklyn undertaker, Harry, and the object of his affection, a beautiful and deceased young man named Jamie.

它讲述了一个玩世不恭的布鲁克林承办，哈利和他的感情，一个美丽的年轻男子和死者名叫杰米对象的故事。

he had sharp , if not brilliant , tongue in his head a gift at times for making crisp and cynical remarks.

他嘴里长了个很锋利的舌头，虽然还说不上雄辩，这是他的一种天赋，有时候能说些切中要害的刻薄话。

A cynical employee of the FT might argue that any faltering of the Journal can only be to its benefit.

英国《金融时报》一位玩世不恭的雇员可能会认为，《华尔街日报》遭遇的任何挫折都只会对自己有利。

Cynical readers might observe that this kind of message will be welcome to American defence manufacturers.

愤世嫉俗的读者或许注意到，这类观点肯定会受到美国军工制造商的欢迎。

It was this view that this silence hit, if that is not the case for China's rich and cynical attitude shocked.

这种沉默与其说被这个观点所打中，还不如说为中国富人如此无所顾忌的态度而震惊。

At that point, President Sarkozy can ill afford the sort of cynical public opinion that, in 2007, he promised to turn around.

这点来看，萨科奇改善2007年民意调查满意度低的状况的承诺无法实现，他将为此付出代价。

We argue it's the later, but it's easy to imagine many people seeing Wikipedia on a news page and feeling pretty cynical about it.

但不难想象，很多人在新闻页面上看到维基百科会感到玩世不恭。

"I think one of the biggest problems is that college graduates are too idealistic, or cynical, to adapt themselves to society, " he said.

我认为最大的一个问题就是高校毕业生们过于愤世嫉俗和理想化，这使他们无法适应这个社会。

Lenin prefers the cynical voice of the enemy to "sugary communistic nonsense" .

列宁认为敌人的无耻的叫喊比“甜蜜的共产主义的谎话”要好些。

In a press interview, John Lennon made a cynical off-the-cuff remark that the Beatlemania had made his band "more popular than Jesus now" .

在一次媒体采访中，约翰·列农口无遮拦地说披头士掀起的狂热使得这支乐队“现在比耶稣更为流行”。

A dried-up , yellow little man , cynical and weary in the face, as if a moral steam - roller had passed over it, answered this call .

一个干瘪的、肤色黄黄的矮个子，一脸的讥诮和倦容，仿佛给一种道德的蒸气滚筒在他脸上滚过似的，答应了这个呼唤。

It's taken on other meanings now without a clear definition. . . but I'd summarize it as: "I'm cynical as hell. "

现在，它已经被赋予了另外不可清楚定义的意义……不过我可以总结如下：“我淡定得要死。”

The purpose of this cynical exercise was to pretend that the EU was solving a problem, when in fact it was not.

这种自欺欺人之举，目的是假装欧盟在解决问题，可实际上却并非如此。

People who sleep on their side with both arms out in front are said to have an open nature, but can be suspicious, cynical.

向往型睡姿就是侧卧，双臂向前伸展的睡姿。采用这种睡姿的人性情开放，但疑心较重，容易愤世嫉俗。

My friends were confused about me, but I'd throw them off my trail by embracing the persona of a cynical, slightly neurotic fatalist.

我的朋友们还是搞不明白我的个人生活，我会带上愤世嫉俗、有点神经质、有点宿命论的人格面具去应付他们的疑惑。

A cynical observer might well conclude that the Federal Reserve threw caution to the wind years ago.

愤世嫉俗的观察人士可能有充分的理由得出结论：美联储（Fed）多年前就把谨慎抛到了九霄云外。