单词 | complacency |
释义 | complacency /keuhm play"seuhn see/, n. , pl. complacencies. 1. a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc. 2. Archaic. a. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. b. a civil act. Also, complacence /keuhm play"seuhns/. [1635-45; < ML complacentia. See COMPLACENT, -CY] |
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