complacent

英 [kəmˈpleɪsnt]

美 [kəmˈpleɪsnt]

adj.  自满的; 自鸣得意的; 表现出自满的

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Collins.2 / BNC.11312 / COCA.14481

牛津词典

adj.

• 自满的；自鸣得意的；表现出自满的
  too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency
  1. a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment
     对失业增加抱满不在乎的危险态度
  2. We must not become complacent about progress.
     我们决不能因进步变得自满。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自满的;沾沾自喜的;满不在乎的
  Acomplacentperson is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
  1. We cannot afford to be complacent about our health.
     对于健康我们决不能掉以轻心。
  2. ...the Chancellor's complacent attitude towards the far-right's activities.
     总理对极右分子活动表现出的不以为意

英英释义

adj

• contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  1. he had become complacent after years of success
  2. his self-satisfied dignity
  Synonym:self-satisfiedself-complacent

双语例句

• But they are too complacent about the underlying health of US capitalism.
  但是，对于美国资本主义基础的健康，他们过于自满了。
• I think executives in business in the UK are very complacent about this issue.
  在我看来，英国企业高管在这个问题上显得十分自满。
• We are not complacent about our difficulties.
  我们对自己的困难并不自满。
• We cannot be complacent.
  我们不能有自满情绪。
• It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
  这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。
• We lost because we became complacent.
  我们变得自满，所以输了。
• But this doesn't mean we can be complacent.
  但是这并不意味着我们可以自满。
• The complacent look on the winner's face annoyed the others.
  冠军脸上洋洋自得的表情惹恼了其他人。
• We took our leadership for granted, ignored this shift and became complacent.
  我们认为自己的领导地位是理所当然的，因而忽视了这种转变，并且变得自鸣得意。
• We discussed the questions: When were you complacent?
  我们讨论过这些问题：你什么时候自满过？