单词 | self-satisfiedly |
释义 | > as lemmasself-ˈsatisfiedly self-ˈsatisfiedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adverb] self-complacently1772 complacently1815 self-contentedly1840 self-satisfiedly1842 comfortably1872 smugly1892 1842 Leicester Chron. 16 July The Judge who talks so self-satisfiedly to him of his unredeemed wickedness. 1984 Washington Post 13 Oct. f4/5 ‘It's like with kids. If they see panic in their parents' eyes, they'll start to go crazy.’ Gossage smiled self-satisfiedly. ‘There's no panic here.’ 2009 Oxf. Times (Nexis) 31 Dec. The allusions are often so dense and self-satisfiedly cerebral that they tend to invite polite admiration rather than wholehearted enthusiasm. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。