self-complacent
adjective disapproving uk/ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/ us/ˌself.kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/
自负的，自满的
feeling calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation, especially when this prevents you from feeling sympathy or understanding for others
They uttered self-complacent phrases about the improvement in the condition of the working class.
The idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistical, and self-complacent is mistaken. 认为成功就会使人沾上虚荣、自大且自满恶习的想法是错误的。
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- He seems self-complacent when his ideas are not accepted by others, remaining quietly aloof.
- This self-complacent voice of the conservative white male was hopelessly behind the times.