cynic
noun /ˈsɪnɪk/
/ˈsɪnɪk/
- a person who believes that people only do things to help themselves, rather than for good or sincere reasons
认为人皆自私的人;愤世嫉俗者 - Don’t be such a cynic!
不要这样愤世嫉俗!
- Don’t be such a cynic!
- a person who does not believe that something good will happen or that something is important
悲观者;怀疑者 - Cynics will say that there is not the slightest chance of success.
悲观的人会说根本不可能取得成功。
- Cynics will say that there is not the slightest chance of success.
词源mid 16th cent. originally relating to a member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes: from Latin cynicus, from Greek kunikos; probably originally from Kunosarges, the name of a school where Antisthenes taught, but popularly taken to mean ‘doglike, churlish’, kuōn, kun-, ‘dog’ becoming a nickname for a Cynic.