complacently

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
    — At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”

词形变化

more complacently comparative most complacently superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English complacent
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English complacently
From complacent + -ly.
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