| 词汇 | smugly |
| 释义 | smugly adverb disapprovinguk /ˈsmʌɡ.li/ us /ˈsmʌɡ.li/ in a way that shows too much satisfaction or confidence: 沾沾自喜地，自鸣得意地 "I own three cars and two boats," he said smugly.“我有三辆汽车和两艘船，”他自鸣得意地说。 Satisfied and complacent at one with the worldidiom be on to a good thingidiom complacency complacent complacently nicely pride rest on your laurelsidiom rewardingly sate self-complacent self-content self-contented self-contentedly self-fulfilled this is the life!idiom triumphalism undiscouraged unenvious virtuously You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Showing arrogance and conceit Examples of smuglysmugly Instead of a frank admission of failure, he has smugly tried to justify his actions since he has been in his present office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe, perhaps slightly smugly, that we have the best legal system in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, let us not sit smugly back and talk about peace dividends in the middle of a whirlpool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have looked on smugly while they have been in receipt of the protection money of potential votes in urban marginal seats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is facile to assume that they are fat and complacent, relying smugly on past laurels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we tend to accept that all too smugly as a self-evident proposition, without requiring positive proof of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no use coming here year after year smugly and complacently making a speech or completely ignoring what is being done in foreign countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I stress that none of this is said smugly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we do love animals and, without being smugly self-satisfied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that we can smugly accept that everyone comes in here exclusively or predominantly to serve either his constituents or the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not enough to sit smugly here and accept what is happening now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not mean that our stance is unreasoning or that we are smugly satisfied with present arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You should make sure that you are better informed, instead of sitting shuffling papers and smugly concluding that on paper everything looks just fine. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is no point in sitting there smugly saying no if he cannot give us the information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not hear about men having illegitimate children, only women, and how often men smugly talk about fallen women. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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