记忆方法
将“cynical”分解为“cyn-”和“-ical”。联想“cyn-”来自希腊语，意为犬（dog），而“-ical”表示像……的或属于……的。想象一只犬面对这个世界，总是用怀疑和批评的眼光看待一切，形成了一种犬一样的“cynical”态度。
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英语词源
- cynical (adj.)
- 1580s, "resembling Cynic philosophers," from cynic + -al (1). By late 17c. the meaning had shaded into the general one of "critical, disparaging the motives of others, captious, sneering, peevish." Related: Cynically.
权威例句
- 1. This is a cynical manipulation of the situation for short-term political gain.
- 这是为了获取短期政治利益而损人利己地对局势进行操纵。
- 2. He described the Foreign Office's decision as sickening and cynical.
- 他称外交部的决议令人不齿、见利忘义。
- 3. Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.
- 政治是排外的，充满野心的，只顾自己不顾他人的。
- 4. It's hard not to be cynical about reform.
- 很难相信改革会成功。
- 5. Ridley viewed his work with a cynical detachment.
- 里德利以一种吹毛求疵的超然态度看待他的作品。