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词汇 cynic
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cynic

noun
/ˈsɪnɪk/
/ˈsɪnɪk/
  1. 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!
  2. 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。
  3. 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.
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