A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
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cynic
['s?n?k]
n. 憤世嫉俗者，諷世者;犬儒學派的人;
adj. 憤世嫉俗的;犬儒學派的;
?? cyn-, cur =dog,表示”狗”
"I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters."
在這些事上我變得相當憤世嫉俗。
近義：skeptic, misanthrope, misanthropist, hater
反義：humane, humanitarian, benefactor, samaritan, altruist
adv. 僅僅，只不過;只是;純粹;全然;
?? mere僅僅 + ly...的 → ad.僅僅，只不過
"Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?"
你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?
近義：just, only, purely, simply, solely, but
adj. 將來的，未來的;[語法學]將來時的;
n. 前途;[美國俚語]未婚妻;期貨;
?? futur- 【拉丁傳入法語】表示將來的某種狀態
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我們都為我們自己的將來而努力工作.
近義：next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反義：prior
adj. 苦的;尖銳的;嚴寒的;懷恨的，憤憤不平的;
n. 苦;苦味物;苦啤酒;[航]系纜柱上的一圈纜索;
adv. 激烈地;痛苦地;嚴厲地;
vt. 使變苦;
?? better-bitter:好的東西往往有點 苦{良藥苦口}
"a long and bitter dispute"
漫長的激烈爭論
近義：astringency, pungency, sourness, tartness, bitterness, amertume
反義：honeyed, mellow, sirupy, sugary, syrupy, hearty
adj. 過去的，以前的;結束的;前任的;
n. 過去，過往;往事;[語]過去時;
prep. 超過，超出;遠于;越過;
adv. 經過，超過;
?? past（過去的）已經pass（過去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步從他身邊走過，都沒有回頭瞧他一眼。
近義：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反義：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
a. 失望的
近義：manque, wistful, choked, unfulfilled, disabused, disenchanted