complacent
英 [k?m'ple?s(?)nt]
美[k?m'plesnt]
- adj. 自滿的；得意的；滿足的
GRECET6+TEM4低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?complacently;
助記提示
1. com- "intensive prefix" + plac- "please" + -ent.
2. => be very pleasing, pleased with oneself, satisfaction, pleasure.
2. => be very pleasing, pleased with oneself, satisfaction, pleasure.
中文詞源
complacent 自滿的
com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-plac, 滿意，詞源同please, placate.
英文詞源
- complacent
- complacent: see complaisant
- complacent (adj.)
- 1650s, "pleasing," from Latin complacentem (nominative complacens) "pleasing," present participle of complacere "be very pleasing" (see complacence). Meaning "pleased with oneself" is from 1767. Related: Complacently.
雙語例句
- 1. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
- 這使你進(jìn)展緩慢，得意不起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We cannot afford to be complacent about our health.
- 對于健康我們決不能掉以輕心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment
- 對失業(yè)增加抱滿不在乎的危險態(tài)度
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.
- 我們決不能一見成績就自滿起來.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people.
- 勝利者 洋洋自得 的微笑使某些人深感厭惡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》