self-satisfied

形容一个人对自己或自己的成就过分满意，带有自鸣得意、略显傲慢的意味。

💡 记忆钩子

把“对自己满意”想成照镜子时露出得意的笑；满意一旦过了头，就变成让旁人觉得不谦虚的自鸣得意。

📝 学习建议

不要把它只理解为普通的“自信”或“满意”；它通常含有过度自得、缺少谦逊的负面意味。
学习时可先记住它常描述人的表情、神态或态度，再理解为对自己的成绩过分满意。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 自鸣得意的；自负的

📖 指一个人对自己的能力、表现或成就满意过了头，并且把这种得意表现出来，让人觉得他有些不谦虚甚至略显傲慢。

💡 常见结构是“a self-satisfied + 名词”，如描述表情、笑容或神态；也可以说某人“look/seem self-satisfied”。它通常用于批评或带讽刺意味的语境，不宜用来单纯夸人自信。不要把它和只表示满意、没有负面意味的词混用。

She wore a self-satisfied smile after winning the debate.

辩论获胜后，她脸上露出了自鸣得意的笑容。

He looked self-satisfied, as if nobody could have done the job better.

他看起来很自鸣得意，好像没人能比他做得更好。

more self-satisfied comparative most self-satisfied superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions;

同义词集: complacent self-satisfied self-complacent

he had become complacent after years of success

his self-satisfied dignity

近似: content, contented

marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction

同义词集: smug self-satisfied

a smug glow of self-congratulation

近似: content, contented

🌳 词源

由表示“自己”的词素和表示“满意”的词素组成，字面意思是“对自己感到满意”。

Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English satisfied English self-satisfied From self- + satisfied.

🔄 变式

more self-satisfied compar most self-satisfied superl

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