complacence

英語

詞源

源自late 中古英語 complacence，源自中世紀拉丁語 complacentia，源自拉丁語 complaceō (「高興，滿足」)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /kəmˈpleɪsəns/

名詞

complacence (可數 和 不可數，複數 complacences)

1. (古舊) 自滿，得意
   • Template:RQ:Atterbury Sermons
2. (棄用) 高興，愉快
   • 1667, John Milton, 「Book III」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     O thou, my sole complacence.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (棄用) 迎合，討好
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 第 (please specify |volume=I to VI) 卷s, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:

     He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother […]

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

近義詞

• self-complacency
• self-satisfaction