complacency

英 [kəmˈpleɪsnsi]

美 [kəmˈpleɪsnsi]

n.  自满; 自得; 自鸣得意

GRETEM4TEM8

BNC.9664 / COCA.14595

牛津词典

noun

• 自满；自得；自鸣得意
  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
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自满;沾沾自喜
  Complacencyis being complacent about a situation.
  1. ...a worrying level of complacency about the risks of infection from AIDS...
     对感染艾滋病的危险毫不在意，实在堪忧
  2. She warned that there was no room for complacency on inflation.
     她警告说对待通货膨胀不能有一丝的懈怠。

英英释义

noun

• the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
  1. his complacency was absolutely disgusting
  Synonym:complacenceself-complacencyself-satisfaction

双语例句

• Call it, if you like, a problem of mutual complacency.
  如果你高兴，可以把这称为共同自满的问题。
• It comes with the price of smug complacency.
  他会带来自满和沾沾自喜的后果。
• We must resist complacency.
  我们必须抵制自满。
• With the state of affairs in the north so dangerous I see no reason for the government's complacency.
  北方局势如此危险，我认为政府毫无理由沾沾自喜。
• That, in turn, has sowed complacency among investors and traders.
  而这种做法进而导致了投资者和交易商的自满。
• I thought that our complacency had caught up with us.
  我感到我们的自满情绪已使我们自食其果了。
• This may lead to complacency and even arrogance.
  这会导致自满，自满最终将变成可悲的自大。
• Charges of complacency have become entangled with those of corruption, questions of morality with legality.
  骄傲自满的指控与腐败指控交织在了一起，而道德问题与法律问题相互纠缠。
• However, years of macroeconomic stability and economic progress may have inspired complacency.
  不过，多年的宏观经济稳定与经济进步，可能引发了自满情绪。
• His unexpected failure has shaken his complacency.
  出其不意的失败削弱了他的自满情绪。