发音:英式音标为/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/,美式发音相同[2] [3] [5] 。形容词的副词形式为complacently,表示“自满地”[4] [5] [7] [8] 。
核心含义:指因满足于现状或自身成就而停止进步,通常含贬义[1] [2] [5] [6] [7] 。例如:
对危险的自满态度:“We can't afford to become complacent about any of our products.”(我们不能对产品自满)[2][5];
过度自我满足:“self-complacent attitude”(自我满足的态度)[3][8]。
典型用法:
接介词about:表示对某事物自满,如“complacent about progress”(对进步自满)[5];
作定语修饰名词:“a complacent smile”(自满的微笑)[5][8]。
例句:
“There's a danger of becoming complacent if you only focus on success.”(仅关注成功可能导致自满)[3];
“The government was accused of being complacent in addressing social inequality.”(政府被指对社会不平等问题态度自满)[8]。
同义词:self-satisfied、smug、contented[1] [4] [5] [7] [8] ;反义词:discontented;词族:complacency(名词,自满)、complacently(副词)[4] [8] ;词根:源自拉丁语placēre(使平静),同根词包括complaisant(顺从的)[8] 。