self-congratulation

self-congratulation

['selfkən,ɡrætju'leiʃən]

n. 沾沾自喜；自得

中文詞源：

self-congratulation 自鳴得意

self-,自己的，自身的，congratulation,祝賀。引申詞義自鳴得意。

例句：

1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
他從未表現出他前任的那種近乎傲慢的自信。

2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
在盧克母親審視的目光下，我感到極不自在。

3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
如今她已經變成一個快樂、自信的女人。

4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
他因開槍自殘受傷正在接受治療。

5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制著心中的自憐，將滿腔的憐憫之情都傾註在瞭他的身上。