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

• Some will say that noting this trend will only encourage complacency.
  一些人会说，指出这一趋势只会鼓励人类的自满情绪。
• 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。
• His unexpected failure has shaken his complacency.
  出其不意的失败削弱了他的自满情绪。
• But we must not let this confidence drift into complacency.
  但是，我们不能让这种信心膨胀成自满。
• Such success may have bred complacency.
  这样的成绩可能已经酝酿了骄傲自满的情绪。
• But it has caused a potentially dangerous complacency, some leaders said.
  但也造成了潜在危险的自满情绪，有的领导说。
• We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.
  要认真学习一点儿东西，必须从不自满开始。
• Sooner or later, as Hyman Minsky warned, complacency breeds excess and crisis.
  正如海曼明斯基（hymanminsky）所警告的那样，自鸣得意迟早都会滋生无度和危机。
• 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。
• We must resist complacency.
  我们必须抵制自满。