self-approbation
noun [ U ] formal (also selfapprobation) uk/ˌself.æp.rəˈbeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌself.æp.rəˈbeɪ.ʃən/
自我肯定
the quality or feeling of being very pleased with yourself
I apologize for the burst of self-approbation, but I think I did very well.
He read through what he had written with no small degree of self-approbation. 他带着不小的自我肯定读完了自己写的东西。
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- She stepped forward to greet them with a smile of radiant self-approbation.
- I took no comfort from self-approbation, or even self-respect.
- Some educated people, through a combination of pre-set blindness and self-approbation, seem to believe they can outwit the future.