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单词 complacency
释义
complacency
noun[U]
disapproving
uk
/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/us
/kəmˈpleɪ.sən.si/
(alsocomplacence,uk/kəmˈpleɪ.səns/us/kəmˈpleɪ.səns/)
afeelingofcalmsatisfactionwithyourownabilitiesorsituationthatpreventsyou fromtryingharder:
自满，自鸣得意
Whatannoysme about thesegirlsistheircomplacency - theyseemto have nodesiretoexpandtheirhorizons.这些姑娘让我生气的是她们的自满情绪——她们似乎根本没有扩展知识面的愿望。
There's noroomforcomplacency if wewanttostayin thiscompetition!我们要想在竞争中立足就决不能自满！
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
  • at one with the worldidiom
  • be on to a good thingidiom
  • buoyant
  • complacent
  • complacently
  • content
  • job satisfaction
  • nicely
  • pride
  • rest onyourlaurelsidiom
  • sate
  • satisfied
  • self-complacency
  • self-complacent
  • self-fulfilled
  • self-fulfilment
  • that'll do nicelyidiom
  • this is the life!idiom
  • triumphalism
  • virtuously
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(Definition ofcomplacencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

complacency| American Dictionary

complacency
noun[U]
esp.disapproving
us
/kəmˈpleɪ·sən·si/
afeelingofcalmsatisfactionwithyourownabilitiesorsituationthatpreventsyou fromtryingharder:
We’refinallymaking aprofit, but there is noreasonfor complacency.

complacent

adjectiveus
/kəmˈplei·sənt/
esp.disapproving
a complacentattitude
(Definition ofcomplacencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplacency

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Perhaps the most provocative thing to say is that there is a danger ofcomplacencyamong some young writers.
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Perhaps understanding will replacecomplacencyand indifference with prevention and treatment strategies and ultimately reduce the socio-economic burden of this condition.
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However, by increasing income, these programs may also increasecomplacencyamong producers and reduce their incentive to try alternative approaches to agriculture.
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Limiting ourselves to a single cultural perspective leaves us vulnerable not only tocomplacencybut - what is worse - to collective delusions.
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But if suchcomplacencycannot be countenanced, that returns us to our original problem.
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Inspectors sent to provinces were supposed to report oncomplacencyand corruption of local party officials and propose measures for eliminating specified inadequacies.
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Thus, the play can be linked directly with the then-current economic euphoria combined with political amnesia andcomplacency.
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These two books are helpful both in challenging ourcomplacencyand in pointing the way towards creativity and innovation.
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Everything is here: surprise, dismay,complacency, botched-up appearances, introversion, ego split, and unhealthy spirituality.
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However,complacencywith existing models rarely serves the scientific mind, and it will be interesting to see what future work reveals.
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Yergin suggests publiccomplacencywas in decline by 1948.
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Instead ofcomplacency, the main point of interest became the conflict between opponent theories involving different disciplines and their consequently different concepts.
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Uncertainty and doubt concerning the future of mathematics have replaced the certainties andcomplacencyof the past.
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Neo-orthodoxy mocked itscomplacency, liberation theology its timidity.
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This carefully researched and gracefully written book has the authority of an inhouse history with none of itscomplacency.
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