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单词 complacent
释义
complacent
adjective
disapproving
uk
/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/us
/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/
feelingsosatisfiedwithyourownabilitiesorsituationthat youfeelyou do not need totryanyharder:
自满的，自鸣得意的
a complacentsmile/attitude自鸣得意的微笑／态度
We can'taffordtobecomecomplacent about any ofourproducts.我们不能对自己的任何一款产品沾沾自喜。
Synonym
self-satisfieddisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
  • at one with the worldidiom
  • be on to a good thingidiom
  • buoyant
  • complacency
  • 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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complacently
(Definition ofcomplacentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplacent

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There are several explanations for this relaxed orcomplacentattitude.
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He compared himself to other, morecomplacent, employees who lacked his energy and therefore did not have his success.
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The danger of compromising the sustainable agenda here is that a reasonably high profile building transmits a powerful message thatcomplacentsustainable design is acceptable.
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And, what is to be done, when those in charge of the new social policy becomecomplacent, defensive, and out of touch with their constituencies?
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All of them, he suggests, encourage economists to persist in theircomplacentattitude and to avoid the confrontation with real world issues and empirical data.
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With the millennium scares causing some major overhauls of system security, researchers and systems manager may well now becomecomplacent.
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They have little reason too to becomplacentabout the results of the polls discussed here.
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Both sought to break through thecomplacentconventions of their contemporaries.
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The culture was changing, and thecomplacentview that music, particularly classical music, was a desirable part of adult life had to be reconsidered.
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Communitarian ethics must rejuvenate bioethics discussion, which has become toocomplacentand reliant on standard analysis in terms of autonomy.
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If the expansion of the market causes such networks to decay, we should not becomplacent.
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Throughout the 1990s, donors werecomplacentabout the willingness of government to act against corruption.
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Subject loss is also high given that relativelycomplacentchildren are required as test subjects.
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At first glance, one might say that business was powerful and government was, at best,complacent.
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Few resources have been devoted to advice services, suggesting officers or elected councillors arecomplacentabout access to social rights, whether favouring state or market housing solutions.
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