| 单词 | misanthropist |
| 例句 | He describes himself as an "equal opportunities misanthropist", saying he's "skewered many more men than women, and possibly more donkeys than both". M John Harrison: a life in writing 2012-07-20T21:55:12Z His tweets have triggered an unexpectedly heated debate during which he’s been belittled as a killjoy, a pedant, and even a misanthropist. Stone-stacking: cool for Instagram, cruel for the environment | Patrick Barkham 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Of all the presidents, Richard Nixon was a misanthropist, which means a hater of mankind in general. Armchair Feminism and the Media Chorus 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z It’s also far more rhetorically nuanced and thoughtful than its critics give it credit, a sort of misanthropist’s revelry glossing subtler, darker points about American consumer culture. The 25 Biggest Video Games of Fall 2014 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z This of course, is from an arch misanthropist who once threw an old lady down the stairs because she was talking too loudly on the landing outside his apartment. The absolute and inarguable beauty of video games 2013-03-08T12:59:00Z As one may glean from her verbal tilt with Sandeau, she was not a recluse or a misanthropist. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "I don't believe you're half the misanthropist you make yourself out." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z We laugh at Molière’s misers, misanthropists and hypocrites, because they are mere types mechanically dominated by a master impulse. The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z Nobody except misanthropists talked about the repulsion of sex. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z But no one, unless he be a misanthropist, is entirely happy in the possession of a solitary hearth. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Rawsden and Miss Sneef enjoyed this very much, in their superior way, and, in fact, the breakdown of the histrionic effort made those youthful misanthropists thoroughly hilarious. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z So far as I could make him out, he appeared to be half misanthropist, half misogynist. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z He was no recluse, no wretched misanthropist, hiding his discontent amongst shrubs and forcing-beds; he was a man of taste and refinement, with knowledge of life and its requirements. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z I fear he will finally become a misanthropist, but I am not very sure. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Surely these are disagreeable people, misanthropists, misogamists, and such like heretics; or else, poor souls! they are in a bad strait, without present hope and without any one to love them! Faith and Unfaith Errors are found in all the histories of humanity; shall we therefore discard science and civil government? or shall we turn misanthropists? The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 The misanthropist Alceste is nobly fanatical on behalf of sincerity and rectitude. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. George Chapman outlived his great rival many years, and died as he had lived, a friendless misanthropist. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 The singular way in which Swift blends personal aversion with political conviction, and the strange humour which conceals the misanthropist under a superficial playfulness, veils to some extent his real aim. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Queen Victoria was assuredly not of the harsh fibre of the misanthropist in Molière's fine comedy; yet she once said a strange and deep thing to an archbishop. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Then you get into a street car, invented by an ingenious misanthropist to give you the most unfavorable view possible of your kind. By the Christmas Fire Did he pose as pessimist or misanthropist, or did he speak out of the bitterness of his soul? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The Way of the World.—The world deals good-naturedly with good-natured people, and I never knew a sulky misanthropist who quarrelled with it but it was he and not it that was in the wrong.—Thackeray. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 Perhaps a few misanthropists, wrapped up in their little selves and their narrow thoughts, would shut themselves up during the season, in order to escape the pain of witnessing us all in our ungodly career. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." Think, dear H——, if ceasing to dance I should cease to care for universal humanity—indeed, take to hating it, and become an absolute misanthropist! Records of a Girlhood Nature, together with the character of his time, made the great Dean a misanthropist. A History of English Prose Fiction He has been compared with Swift, but he was not really a misanthropist, and no man loved laughter more, or could excite more uproarious merriment in others. The Life of Froude Though not a misanthropist, he appears in general to have preferred solitary communion with nature to human society. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "Whoever," he said, "is not a misanthropist at forty can never have loved mankind." Studies in Literature Nyson, the misanthropist, was surprised as he was laughing to himself by one of these people, who asked him why he laughed when he was alone. Essays of Schopenhauer A perfect misanthropist’s heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. Wuthering Heights All the world used her ill, said this young misanthropist, and we may be pretty certain that persons whom all the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment they get. Vanity Fair She had just been staying in the house of the misanthropist. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He was no longer the discouraged, sullen misanthropist, but had come to be instead a pacific, contented, even happy, gentleman. In the Valley Sir," said the misanthropist, bluntly, in reply to some observation by Gervayse Hastings, "pray do not address me again. The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") Living among clowns and misanthropists, she probably cannot appreciate a better class of people when she meets them. Wuthering Heights Another man in Mr. Gresham's situation would become a misanthropist, and would comfort himself by railing against the ingratitude of mankind; but this would not comfort Mr. Gresham. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 When Moliere put the misanthropist on the stage with his wretched-looking face, he gave him some of the features which remind us so strongly of Flaubert. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings No city in the world ever produced more philanthropists, or more misanthropists, than the city of Bristol. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 The idea of marriage might seem droll, but soon I shall have property worth two hundred souls through a misanthropist whom you ought to despise. The Possessed (The Devils) Myson, the misanthropist, was once surprised by one of these people as he was laughing to himself. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism The truth is that—as there is ample testimony in his prolific writings—is lordship was something of a misanthropist. The Sea-Hawk Relatives I had as few as misanthropist could desire; but from self-congratulation on the fact, on first landing, I soon came to keen regret. Dead Men Tell No Tales For as there are misanthropists or haters of men, there are also misologists or haters of ideas, and both spring from the same cause, which is ignorance of the world. Phaedo |
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