complacently
adverb
DISAPPROVINGuk/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt.li/us/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt.li/in a way thatshowsyou are verysatisfiedwithyourownabilitiesorsituationand do notfeelyou need totryanyharder:
自满地,自鸣得意地Do not complacentlyassumethat all is well.不要自以为是地认为一切都很好。
He was going over hisbooksandnotingcomplacently that he was doingremarkablywell.他翻看着自己的书,沾沾自喜地说,他做得异常出色。
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complacent
- It is agovernmentthat has complacentlylostitsway.
- They had complacentlyassumedthat ill-coordinatedgroupsofrebelscouldposenosignificantthreattoseasonedEnglishtroops.
- Shefindsherselffallinginlovewith a complacentlymarriedinvestmentbanker.
Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the worldidiom
- be on to a good thingidiom
- buoyant
- complacency
- complacent
- 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