complacently
adverb
DISAPPROVINGuk /kəmˈpleɪ.sənt.li/ us /kəmˈpleɪ.sənt.li/
in a way that shows you are very satisfied with your own abilities or situation and do not feel you need to try any harder: 自满地，自鸣得意地
Do not complacently assume that all is well.不要自以为是地认为一切都很好。
He was going over his books and noting complacently that he was doing remarkably well.他翻看着自己的书，沾沾自喜地说，他做得异常出色。
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complacent
It is a government that has complacently lost its way.
They had complacently assumed that ill-coordinated groups of rebels could pose no significant threat to seasoned English troops.
She finds herself falling in love with a complacently married investment banker.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
at one with the worldidiom
be on to a good thingidiom
complacency
complacent
content
pride
rest on your laurelsidiom
rewardingly
sate
sated
self-content
self-contented
self-contentedly
self-fulfilled
self-fulfilment
this is the life!idiom
triumphalism
undiscouraged
unenvious
virtuously
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