Complacent
[kəm'pleɪs(ə)nt] or [kəm'plesnt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; 'he had become complacent after years of success'; 'his self-satisfied dignity' .
編輯:丽诺尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
錄入:保拉
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Pleased, satisfied, gratified, contented.[2]. Civil, polite, courteous, affable, easy, obliging, urbane, COMPLAISANT, gracious.
凯思琳校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Pleased, satisfied, content, pleasant, affable, kind, mannerly, acquiescent,amiable
ANT:Dissatisfied, irritated, churlish, unmannerly, morose, austere, grudging
费理斯編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. showing satisfaction: pleased: inclined to please.—ns. Complā′cence Complā′cency pleasure: satisfaction: complaisance.—adv. Complā′cently.
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例句/造句/用法:
- He also took away a complacent sense that he was making great progress in Miss Brooke's good opinion. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Donne, indeed, was of that coldly phlegmatic, immovably complacent, densely self-satisfied nature which is insensible to shame. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Instead of speaking, I smiled; and not a very complacent or submissive smile either. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- His insufferable smile was more complacent than ever. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He smoked with great gravity and dignity for a little while, and then added, in a highly complacent tone, 'Oh! 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I should rather suspect it was,' said the mulberry man, sipping his liquor, with a complacent face. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Sir Leicester is generally in a complacent state, and rarely bored. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Wery good, Samivel,' observed Mr. Weller, in as complacent a manner as if Sam had been passing the highest eulogiums on his prudence and foresight. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Sydney Carton looked at his punch and looked at his complacent friend; drank his punch and looked at his complacent friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Towards Mr. Pocket, as a grown-up infant with no notion of his own interests, they showed the complacent forbearance I had heard them express. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Mr. Bucket is very complacent over this French explanation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Sir Leicester sits in my Lady's room--that room in which Mr. Tulkinghorn read the affidavit in Jarndyce and Jarndyce--particularly complacent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A self-complacent ass, ready to be flattered out of your senses by every petticoat that chooses to take the trouble to do it! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But happily for her, she was quite complacent again now and beamed with nods and smiles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I will even go further than this, Mr. Winkle,' continued Mr. Phunky, in a most smooth and complacent manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Several very well executed and complacent-looking fat women struck me as by no means the goddesses they appeared to consider themselves. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It will be readily understood that Edison did not sit with folded hands or drop into complacent satisfaction the moment he had reached the practical stage of commercial exploitation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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