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Complacent Pleased Health Person Worry 英 Kəm'pleɪsnt] 美 Kəm'pleɪsnt

英语单词 complacent
英美音标 英 [kəm'pleɪsnt] 美 [kəm'pleɪsnt]
中文释义 adj.满足的;自满的;得意的
英语例句 (1) To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizing of these adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic.
(2) This lets Li Dapeng's complacent place just about.
中文例句 (1) 对目睹过晚期状态的人来说,这些年轻人自我满足的诗情必定会显得令人气恼又觉得可怜。
(2) 这正是让李大鹏得意的地方。
vocabulary简明 Someone who is complacent has become overly content — the junk-food-eating couch potato might be feeling complacent about his health.
vocabulary扩展 The literal meaning of this word's Latin root is "very pleased," but even though complacent people may seem pleased with themselves, we are rarely pleased with them. They are unconcerned by things that should concern them, and they may neglect their duties. A complacent person might be heard saying, "Ehh, don't worry about it!" — when there really is something to worry about.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]自满的;沾沾自喜的;满不在乎的 A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
  [disapproval]
  • We cannot afford to be complacent about our health.

    对于健康我们决不能掉以轻心。

  • ...the Chancellor's complacent attitude towards the far-right's activities.

    总理对极右分子活动表现出的不以为意

complacently
  • He sat back, smiling complacently at his own cleverness.

    他身子往后一靠,为自己的聪明得意地笑了。

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