complacence

英语

词源

源自late 中古英語 complacence，源自中世紀拉丁語 complacentia，源自拉丁語 complaceō (“高兴，满足”)。

发音

國際音標^(幫助): /kəmˈpleɪsəns/

名词

complacence (可數和不可數，複數 complacences)

(古舊) 自满，得意
- Template:RQ:Atterbury Sermons
(棄用) 高兴，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.
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(棄用) 迎合，讨好
- 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 […]
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近义词

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