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cynically

/sin-i-kuhl/US // ˈsɪn ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈsɪnɪkəl) //

愤世嫉俗地,嘲讽地,冷嘲热讽地,愤世嫉俗

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
    • : showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
    • : bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.
    • : cynic.

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Examples

  • Perhaps it’d be cynical to assume that anonymous donors are all as covertly egotistical as Danson seems.

  • Companies that claim to care about being socially responsible are often greeted with a cynical eye.

  • Tadelis, by the end of his time at eBay, had come to think that his cynical view of advertising didn’t go far enough.

  • As a kind of post-Brexit tale of upper-level government machinations, “Roadkill” couldn’t be more cynical about the political process.

  • I spent 2018 traveling the country, interviewing the voters who’d made a cynical, Trumpian bargain in 2016, most of them conservative Christians.

  • “I hate to be cynical about it, but I think some of the films made are made very cynically,” she says.

  • Meanwhile, Democratic leaders blubber about racism while cynically scheming for a permanent demographic majority.

  • No more cynically cutting opposition candidates out of a district for petty political purposes.

  • Whether it did so naively or cynically, I honestly do not know.

  • Republican senators just cynically backed an amendment that would limit the influence of big donors.

  • He and his wife were falling naturally into the way of—as he had just cynically styled it—fashionable people.

  • But you may cynically remind me that nothing will come of the Determinists' protest against the evil social conditions.

  • "I guess in a good many cases it wouldn't do to be too curious," she said cynically.

  • Lamont laughed cynically, and dumped the great body on the heap of clothes which stood for a bed.

  • "No woman is above her own heart," Millar replied cynically.

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