complacent

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
    — He grew complacent as the years rolled on and the money rolled in.
  2. Unduly unworried or apathetic with regard to a need or problem.
    — He tried to paint his audience as complacent, yelling that if they weren't mad as hell then they weren't paying enough attention.

词形变化

more complacent comparative most complacent superlative

词汇关系

近义词
smug self-satisfied placid
衍生词
complacently complacentry overcomplacent self-complacent uncomplacent
相关词
complacence complacency

词源

Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”); see please and compare complaisant.
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