Cynic
['sɪnɪk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) someone who is critical of the motives of others.
(noun.) a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control.
校對:马奇--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Alt. of Cynical
(n.) One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.
(n.) One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Follower of Diogenes.[2]. Misanthrope, man-hater.
吉米編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. dog-like: surly: snarling: austere; misanthropic.—ns. Cynan′thropy lycanthropy; Cyn′ic one of a sect of philosophers founded by Antisthenes of Athens (born c. 444 B.C.) characterised by an ostentatious contempt for riches arts science and amusements—so called from their morose manners: a morose man: a snarler; Cyn′icism surliness: contempt for human nature: heartlessness misanthropy.—adv. Cyn′ically.—n. Cyn′icalness.
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娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
布兰登手打
娱乐性解釋/意思:
A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A cynic might say that the people can't go far wrong in politics because they can't be very right. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Not even by a cynic like you, the puffy-eyed man said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- She started--then endeavoured to say calmly, Cynics say that cures the anxiety by curing the love. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
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