complacent

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++com·pla·cent /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ adjective PROUDpleased with a situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things – used to show disapproval 自满的，得意的〔含贬义〕 There’s a danger of becoming complacent if you win a few games. 赢了几场比赛可能就会变得沾沾自喜。 a complacent attitude towards the problem 对问题满不在乎的态度complacent about We simply cannot afford to be complacent about the future of our car industry. 我们完全没有资格对汽车业的前景沾沾自喜。 —complacently adverb

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complacent• We've been winning, but we're not going to get complacent.• As long as the presence of doubt is detected anywhere, neither faith nor knowledge can ever be complacent.• But people do it; then things blow up; then people are careful for a while; then people get complacent.• I would have been insufferably snobbish and complacent.• The 4-0 Vikings had one this week to allow Warren Moon to tell all his young teammates not to get complacent.• He said that we have become complacent about child labour, and that the situation is much worse than it appears.• Happy but not complacent - our aim must be 100% Good to Excellent.• She can cook for hours and feel almost complacent, she says.complacent about• The nation cannot become complacent about the quality of our schools.Origin complacent (1600-1700) Latin present participle of complacere “to please greatly”, from com- ( → COM-) + placere “to please”