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| 1 | someone who is cynical believes that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest 愤世嫉俗的；认为人皆自私的 |
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| 2 | someone who is cynical expects things not to be successful or useful 悲观的 |
| +about I know that some of you are very cynical about the proposals. 我知道你们有些人对这些提案很悲观。 |
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| 3 | willing to let other people be harmed so that you can get an advantage 损人利己的 |
| Democrats said it was a cynical attempt to smear the President’ s reputation. 民主党认为玷污总统的名誉是一种损人利己的行为。 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| cynically adv |
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