The cynic 's response would be that the comparative advantage was largely illusory anyway and that the skills of bankers in new york , london and zurich were so destructive that they scarcely merited the name .
Personality quirks , but I never pegged you for a cynic .
有个性的怪癖,但是我从没当你是愤世嫉俗者。
Pareto was a cynic , disillusioned by the society of his day .
帕雷托是个愤世嫉俗的人,当时的社会使他的理想破灭了。
In a crisis-free world , some incurable cynic would perhaps have said the board should have at least interviewed other candidates before anointing the insider .