complacent
complacent 英 [kəmˈpleɪsnt] 美 [kəmˈplesənt]
adj. 自满的；得意的
We must not become complacent about progress. 我们决不能因进步变得自满。
She was complacent about her achievements. 她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。
- Someone who is complacent has become overly content — the junk-food-eating couch potato might be feeling complacent about his health.
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- adj. 自满的；得意的
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1. We must not become complacent about progress.
我们决不能因进步变得自满。
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2. She was complacent about her achievements.
她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。
- complacent (adj.) 1650s, "pleasing," from Latin complacentem (nominative complacens) "very pleasing," present participle of complacere "be very pleasing" (see complacence). Meaning "pleased with oneself, self-satisfied" is from 1767. Sense of "civil, kindly, disposed to give pleasure" is from 1790. Related: Complacently.
com·pla·cent / kəmˈpleɪsnt ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsnt / adjective complacent(about sb/sth) ( usually disapproving) too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency 自满的；自鸣得意的；表现出自满的 ◆ a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment 对失业增加抱满不在乎的危险态度 ◆ We must not become complacent about progress. 我们决不能因进步变得自满。 ▶ com·pla·cent·ly / kəmˈpleɪsntli ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsntli / adverb com·pla·cent / kəmˈpleɪsnt ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsnt / com·pla·cent·ly / kəmˈpleɪsntli ; NAmE kəmˈpleɪsntli /
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