looking or feeling too pleased about something you have done or achieved synonym complacent沾沾自喜的;自鸣得意的 Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2, Personal qualitiesc2Now don't get smug just because you've won a couple of games. 不要赢了几场比赛就沾沾自喜。 He gave a smug little smile. 他露出一丝得意的微笑。 She was feeling smug after her win. 她获胜后感到沾沾自喜。 There was an air of smug satisfaction in Luke's voice. 卢克的声音里流露出了一种沾沾自喜的满足感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- extremely
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘neat, spruce’): from Low German smuk ‘pretty’.