【complacent】 - A-level备考词汇

complacent

UK:  [kəm'pleɪs(ə)nt]

US:  [kəm'pleɪs(ə)nt]

adj.

1.满足的,(特指)自满的,得意的,自得的

2.自满;得意,自鸣得意

1 . I will not in the least my soul get into a state of complacent, I will moisten it by meditate and pray.
我绝不让灵魂陷入自满的状态，我要用沉思和祈祷来滋润它。

2 . He stared at a stream of people coming from the stores, trying to pierce the mask of their serious, complacent faces.
他凝视着从商店里走出来的一股人流，想看穿他们又严肃又自满的面孔上的假面具。

3 . As a spiritual aristocrat, he has no truck with the complacent notions of progress and conquest of a Whiggish middle class.
他本人是一个精神世界丰富的贵族，他不会对国家的经济发展洋洋得意，也不会花心思去研究如何战胜辉格党中产阶级。

4 . In these times, people have money, and are often a little complacent after several years of good times.
在这个时候，人们手中有钱，在几年好时光后时常有些洋洋得意。

5 . But even if the judicial climate seems to have been fairly kind to employers recently, lawyers warn that no one should be complacent.
但即便近来司法界好象对雇主相当仁慈，律师们警告说，人们不应沾沾自喜。