名詞 cynic:

1. someone who is critical of the motives of others
   同義詞：faultfinder
2. 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

1. That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic
   現(xiàn)代露營裝備變得一年比一年更講究，這對那些厭世嫉俗者來說是一件有趣的自相矛盾的事情。
2. A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
   玩世不恭者，是只知一切事物的價錢而不知其價值的人。
3. Roberts is a real cynic; he won't accept anything or anyone on face value.
   羅伯特實在是一個玩世不恭的人; 他不會對任何事或任何人信以為真。

cyn.ic

n.（名詞）
A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness.
諷世者，憤世嫉俗者：一個認(rèn)為人類行為由自私自利驅(qū)使的人
Cynic A member of a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
Cynic 犬儒學(xué)派：古代希臘哲學(xué)學(xué)派的成員，認(rèn)為美德是唯一的善的東西，自制是唯一獲得美德的方法
adj.（形容詞）
Cynical.
憤世嫉俗的
Cynic Of or relating to the Cynics or their beliefs.
Cynic 犬儒學(xué)派：犬儒學(xué)派或其信仰的，有關(guān)犬儒學(xué)派或其信仰的

來源：
Latin cynicus [Cynic philosopher]
拉丁語 cynicus [犬儒哲學(xué)家]
from Greek kunikos
源自 希臘語 kunikos
from kuôn kun- [dog] * see kwon-
源自 kuôn kun- [犬] *參見 kwon-

<注釋>A cynic may be pardoned for thinking that this is a dog`s life.The Greek wordkunikos, from which cynic comes, was originally an adjective meaning .doglike,. fromkuôn, .dog.. The word was most likely applied to the Cynic philosophers because of the nicknamekuôn given to Diogenes of Sinope, the prototypical Cynic. He is said to have performed such actions as barking in public, urinating on the leg of a table, and masturbating on the street.The first use of the word recorded in English, in a work published from 547 to 5'4, is in the plural for members of this philosophical sect.In 59' we find the first instance ofcynic meaning .faultfinder,. a sense that was to develop into our modern sense.The meaning .faultfinder. came naturally from the behavior of countless Cynics who in their pursuit of virtue pointed out the flaws in others.Such faultfinding could lead quite naturally to the belief associated with cynics of today that selfishness determines human behavior.
犬儒學(xué)派成員因認(rèn)為這是狗的生命而可能被赦免。希臘詞kunikos 是 cynic 的來源， 最初為形容詞，意思是.似狗.，源自kuon .狗.，。 這個詞最適用于犬儒派哲學(xué)家，因為給犬儒主義者的鼻祖的綽號是kuon 。 據(jù)說他曾經(jīng)當(dāng)眾吼叫，在桌腿上小便，并且在街上手淫。這個詞在一本547到5'4年出版的著作里首次用英語記錄下來的用法是，用作復(fù)數(shù)來指代此哲學(xué)學(xué)派的成員。59'年，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)cynic 的第一個意思是吹毛求疵的人的例子， 也是發(fā)展成具有我們現(xiàn)代意義的含義。 .吹毛吹疵的人.這個意思是從無數(shù)個以追求指摘別人缺點(diǎn)為美德的犬儒主義者的行為而得來。這種指摘很自然地得出與現(xiàn)在的犬儒主義相聯(lián)系的信仰，認(rèn)為自私自利決定人類行為