🙄cynic (シニック)

意味

a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable reasons

a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest; someone who is skeptical about human nature

意味の翻訳

人々が名誉ある理由ではなく、自己の利益によってのみ動かされていると信じる人

hitobito ga meiyo aru riyū dewa naku, jiko no rieki ni yotte nomi ugokasareru to shinjiru hito

例文

He was too much of a cynic to believe in true love.

彼は真実の愛を信じるにはあまりにも皮肉屋すぎた。

Kare wa shinjitsu no ai o shinjiru ni wa amari ni mo hinokoya sugita.

The old cynic believed that politicians only cared about getting votes.

その古い皮肉屋は政治家がただ票を得ることにしか関心がないと信じていた。

sono furui hinokoya wa seijika ga tada hyou o eru koto ni shika kanshin ga nai to shinjite ita.

表現例

cynic at heart

心の中の皮肉屋

kokoro no naka no hinokoya

同義語

skeptic, doubter, pessimist, disbeliever, misanthrope

エントリー 1

skeptic, doubter, pessimist, disbeliever

エントリー 2

skeptic, pessimist, doubter, misanthrope

対義語

optimist, believer, idealist, trustful person

エントリー 1

optimist, believer, idealist

エントリー 2

optimist, believer, idealist, trustful person

コロケーション

cynic at heart, political cynic, cynic view, old cynic, confirmed cynic, cynic's view

エントリー 1

cynic at heart, political cynic, cynic view

エントリー 2

old cynic, confirmed cynic, cynic's view