释义 |
self-congratulationˌself-congratuˈlation noun [uncountable] - Bertha Cohen nodded, and Rev. Levitt smiled in self-congratulation.
- Both the rhetoric of self-congratulation and self-flagellation have missed out how much Britain has changed since 1945.
- Expect whoops of absurd self-congratulation if they do.
- We have heard 47 minutes of the most extraordinary self-congratulation and complacency that can have ever been heard.
- Yet it ought not to be long before some healthy doubts begin to disturb this mood of self-congratulation.
behaviour that shows in an annoying way that you think you have done very well at something—ˌself-congratuˈlatory / $ ˌ..ˈ...../ adjective: a smug, self-congratulatory smile |