- The word complacency is often hurled, in a rather scornful manner, at people who are unwilling to be political. It connotes a sense of ease and contentment with the status quo.
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- n. 自满；自鸣得意
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1. Complacency is a drawback to progress.
自满是进步的障碍。
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2. Complacency could easily result in tragedy.
自满容易道致悲剧。
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3. complacency is the enemy of study.
自满是敌人。
- complacency (n.) "fact or state of being pleased with something or someone, especially oneself," 1640s, from same source as complacence but with the later form of the suffix (see -cy).
com·pla·cency / kəmˈpleɪsnsi ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsnsi / noun [uncountable ] ( usually disapproving) a feeling of satisfaction with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not think any change is necessary; the state of being complacent 自满；自得；自鸣得意 ◆ Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency. 尽管在经济方面有改善的迹象，但仍不容自满。 com·pla·cency / kəmˈpleɪsnsi ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsnsi /
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