He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。It's hard not to be cynical about reform...很难相信改革会成功。The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大,他对这个主意是否可行持怀...
He described the Foreign Office's decision as sickening and cynical.他称外交部的决议令人不齿、见利忘义。Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.政治是排外的，充满野心的，只顾自己不顾他人的。Ridley viewed his work with a cynical detachment.里德利以一种吹毛求疵的超然态...
...a man of middling height.中等身材的男子So you're going to Paris? How's your French? Oh, fair to middling.这么说你打算去巴黎了? 你的法语怎样? 哦, 还马马虎虎吧.The meal is fair to middling.这餐饭菜还算过得去.The dinner was middling.饭菜还过得去.On that s...