complacent
音标：
英音/ kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt / 美音/ kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
“We’re not complacent about that because we know it’s not this case for everyone.”
“我们对此并不自满，因为我们知道并不是每个人都遇到这种情况。”
—BBC
At the time, Ofwat was accused of being “complacent” in overseeing the sector.
当时，Ofwat 被指责在监管该行业方面“自满”。
—BBC
The prime minister’s official spokesman added that the government was “making significant progress” to slow prices but was “not complacent”.
总理的官方发言人补充说，政府在减缓物价方面“取得了重大进展”，但“并不自满”。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
contented to a fault with oneself or one’s actions
自满的，自鸣得意的
同义词：
self-complacent,self-satisfied
短释义：
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.
自满的人变得过于满足——吃垃圾食品的电视迷可能对自己的健康感到自满。
长释义：
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.
这个词的拉丁词根的字面意思是“非常高兴”，但即使自满的人可能看起来对自己很满意，但我们很少对他们感到满意。他们不关心本该关心的事情，而且可能会忽视自己的职责。一个自满的人可能会听到说：“呃，别担心！” ——当确实有什么事情需要担心的时候。
文学例句：
Maybe the medicine is working, when from nowhere the thought appeared: The medicine has made you complacent, and you forgot to change the Band-Aid this morning.
也许药物正在发挥作用，这时突然出现这样的想法：药物让你沾沾自喜，而你今天早上忘记更换创可贴了。
—Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
White complacent face, sense of bland enormous superiority: my dear man, you have to live among them, you simply don’t understand.
白色得意的脸，平淡的巨大优越感：我亲爱的男人，你必须生活在他们中间，你根本不明白。
—The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara
He was not complacent about the challenges, though the obstacles he foresaw were geographical and financial, not technical.
他并没有对这些挑战感到自满，尽管他预见到的障碍是地理和财务方面的，而不是技术方面的。
—Big Science by Michael Hiltzik
词源：
complacent (adj.)1650s, “pleasing,” from Latin complacentem (nominative complacens) “very pleasing,” present participle of complacere “be very pleasing” (see complacence). Meaning “pleased with oneself, self-satisfied” is from 1767. Sense of “civil, kindly, disposed to give pleasure” is from 1790. Related: Complacently.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
complacent (adj.)1650s，“令人愉悦的”，源自拉丁语 complacentem（主格 complacens）“非常令人愉悦”，complacere 的现在分词“非常令人愉悦”（参见 complacence）。意思是“对自己感到满意、自我满足”，源自 1767 年。“文明、友善、愿意给予快乐”的意思源自 1790 年。相关：自满。相关条目及更多
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