smug

英 [smʌɡ]

美 [smʌɡ]

adj.  沾沾自喜的; 自鸣得意的

最高级：smuggest　比较级：smugger　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12330 / COCA.12560

牛津词典

adj.

• 沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的
  looking or feeling too pleased about sth you have done or achieved
  1. a smug expression/smile/face, etc.
     沾沾自喜的表情、笑容、面容等
  2. What are you looking so smug about?
     你怎么这样一副神气活现的样子？

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾沾自喜的;自鸣得意的;洋洋自得的
  If you say that someone issmug, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are.
  1. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.
     托马斯和夫人得意地互相望了一眼。

英英释义

adj

• marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
  1. a smug glow of self-congratulation
  Synonym:self-satisfied

双语例句

• "Women aren't suited for such hard subjects," my friend Seung-woo told me with a smug smile.
  “女性是不适合读这样一门复杂的课程的”我的朋友承佑得意洋洋地笑着对我说。
• Do you really want other peoples smug sympathy as they discuss their romantic, over priced dinner plans?
  你真想让其他人在美味大餐前讨论甜蜜爱情的时候留给你那些沾沾自喜的同情吗？
• Obviously I react badly to the smug and the sensible.
  显然，我对自鸣得意的人和理性的人反应不好。
• No company wants to hire a cynical, negative, smug person.
  没有公司会愿意去雇佣一些愤世嫉俗，消极，自鸣得意的人。
• The programme seemed false and sugary, and the characters smug.
  这个节目看起来矫揉造作，而其中的人物还自我感觉良好。
• What makes you so smug, swaggering like that?
  你摇头晃脑的，臭美什么劲儿？
• Cycled home feeling less smug.
  骑自行车回家，感觉不那么自鸣得意了。
• Once, another man came but Mr Thomas found he was infuriatingly smug: He was annoying.
  曾经有一次活动来了另一位爸爸，但托马斯发现这个人自命不凡，令人恼火：他太气人了。
• Nothing disturbs the smug beliefs of some prim, narrow-minded people.
  对一些呆板的，胸襟狭小的人没有事情可以扰乱臭屁的信念。
• China's carmakers are feeling smug.
  中国汽车制造商们正洋洋自得。