complacent
US: /kəmˈpɫeɪsənt/
UK: /kəmplˈeɪsənt/
UK: /kəmplˈeɪsənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
complacent /kəm'pleisnt/
- tính từ
- tự mãn
- bằng lòng, vừa ý, thoả mãn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
~ (about sb/sth) (usually disapproving) too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency: a complacent smile + a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment + We must not become complacent about progress.
complacently adverb: to nod / smile / speak complacently
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, seem, sound | become, get, grow
ADV.
extremely, remarkably, very | far from
Teachers are far from complacent about this problem.
| rather, somewhat | alarmingly, dangerously
This view seems alarmingly complacent.
PREP.
about
It is vital that we do not get complacent about this disease.
Concise English dictionary
-nt
adj.
+contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
