smugness
smugness — 名詞
1. the attitude or behaviour of someone who is very pleased with themselves and the
自滿；得意
對自身過度滿意的態度
the attitude or behaviour of someone who is very pleased with themselves and their own success, and usually shows this in a way that other people find irritating
Beatrix's smugness annoyed everyone at the dinner table when she described her promotion.
Beatrix 在晚餐時描述自己的升遷，那副得意的模樣讓同桌每個人都很惱火。
collocation: [possessive] + smugness + annoy
There was a tone of smugness in Femi's voice as he described his award-winning proposal.
Femi 描述自己獲獎的提案時，語氣中帶著一絲自滿。
uncountable: 'a tone of smugness'
Jisoo's smugness about her exam results made the other students reluctant to congratulate her.
Jisoo 對考試成績的那股得意，讓其他同學不太想恭喜她。
collocation: smugness about [something]
The smugness on the director's face irritated the staff, who had not received a raise.
總監臉上那副得意的神情惹惱了沒調薪的員工。
No one at the dinner party enjoyed Olivia's smugness about her new sports car.
晚餐派對上沒有人喜歡 Olivia 對她那輛新跑車展現的得意。
- smugness about
- smugness at
- air of smugness
- tone of smugness
- hint of smugness
- note of smugness
- self-satisfaction
slightly more formal than smugness, and can be neutral or positive depending on context
- complacency
more about uncritical satisfaction with one's situation; less about irritating others and more about being unaware of problems
- concelt
focuses on having an overly high opinion of one's own abilities rather than expressing satisfaction with achievements
- humility
a modest or humble view of one's own importance or achievements
- self-doubt
lack of confidence in oneself and one's abilities
文法句型
smugness + about + noun/gerund
smugness + at + noun/gerund
用法筆記
Frequently appears in phrases like 'a hint/tone/note of smugness' or 'an air of smugness' to describe how someone's attitude is perceived by others. The noun is uncountable and cannot be pluralised.