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单词 self-congratulation
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Definition of self-congratulation in English:

self-congratulation

noun
mass noun
  • Undue complacency or pride regarding one's personal achievements or qualities; self-satisfaction.

    自我庆幸;沾沾自喜

    a hefty dose of self-congratulation about how noble we are

    以为我们多么崇高的极度自满。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Far away, missiles are flying and bombs are exploding - but self-congratulation has been profuse on television, which is now a free-fire zone for war propaganda.
    • She talked about the persistence of elements of racism that we may be missing in self-congratulation of multiculturalism.
    • There is a lot of self-congratulation here (along with, to be fair, some mitigating self-deprecation).
    • The foundational anniversary marked by Republic Day is categorised as a celebration, a moment for self-congratulation.
    • While I understand why they would do this given the criticism that has been levelled at them, having to listen to such self-congratulation did get a little tiring.
    • Part of any negative reaction will be a response to the rhetorical tone of several chapters, which have an air of self-congratulation bordering on triumphalism.
    • Sometimes it's just the hippest sort of vanity, an easy form of self-congratulation that utterly fails at detoxifying the original object.
    • In his critical writing, too, Pritchett's manner is to disavow authority and try to escape any hint of self-congratulation.
    • The conclusion - unanimously, and amidst much self-congratulation - reached was that being Canadian was, ultimately, about our goals in life.
    • Eight years old tonight, the Irish language channel will forgo the traditional on-screen orgy of birthday self-congratulation.
    • However, this experience was rarely examined, and there was no self-congratulation about having accomplished the task successfully.
    • Richard says that to be consistent I should regard Australia in its entirety as a backwater of self-congratulation.
    • It's hard to shoehorn religion into Christmas, particularly when it is - and always has been - a festival of overt consumption, self-congratulation and indigestion.
    • While the mood last week was one of self-congratulation, the underlying reality is that circulation for Scotland's biggest national papers continues to fall.
    • It's left mostly to the actors to bring the premise to life, recreating the piffling small talk, self-congratulation and unease that are the chump change of real-life social intercourse.
    • They were small, shining cogs in the movie industry's machinery of distribution and self-congratulation.
    • That, of course, is something that a culture of liberal self-congratulation would prefer not to contemplate.
    • I often feel that America's religious traditionalists ought to engage in more self-congratulation.
    • Real were elegant but there was an air of self-congratulation and the slackness that has beset them this season had not been purged entirely.
    • No satisfied self-congratulation here: just the realistic appreciation of a job well done, and of a tough fight to come.
    Synonyms
    smugness, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-regard

Definition of self-congratulation in US English:

self-congratulation

nounˈˌsɛlf kəŋˌɡrætʃəˈleɪʃənˈˌself kəNGˌɡraCHəˈlāSHən
  • Undue complacency or pride regarding one's personal achievements or qualities; self-satisfaction.

    自我庆幸;沾沾自喜

    a hefty dose of self-congratulation about how noble we are

    以为我们多么崇高的极度自满。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The foundational anniversary marked by Republic Day is categorised as a celebration, a moment for self-congratulation.
    • It's left mostly to the actors to bring the premise to life, recreating the piffling small talk, self-congratulation and unease that are the chump change of real-life social intercourse.
    • However, this experience was rarely examined, and there was no self-congratulation about having accomplished the task successfully.
    • That, of course, is something that a culture of liberal self-congratulation would prefer not to contemplate.
    • While the mood last week was one of self-congratulation, the underlying reality is that circulation for Scotland's biggest national papers continues to fall.
    • Sometimes it's just the hippest sort of vanity, an easy form of self-congratulation that utterly fails at detoxifying the original object.
    • There is a lot of self-congratulation here (along with, to be fair, some mitigating self-deprecation).
    • Real were elegant but there was an air of self-congratulation and the slackness that has beset them this season had not been purged entirely.
    • It's hard to shoehorn religion into Christmas, particularly when it is - and always has been - a festival of overt consumption, self-congratulation and indigestion.
    • Part of any negative reaction will be a response to the rhetorical tone of several chapters, which have an air of self-congratulation bordering on triumphalism.
    • Richard says that to be consistent I should regard Australia in its entirety as a backwater of self-congratulation.
    • While I understand why they would do this given the criticism that has been levelled at them, having to listen to such self-congratulation did get a little tiring.
    • The conclusion - unanimously, and amidst much self-congratulation - reached was that being Canadian was, ultimately, about our goals in life.
    • Far away, missiles are flying and bombs are exploding - but self-congratulation has been profuse on television, which is now a free-fire zone for war propaganda.
    • No satisfied self-congratulation here: just the realistic appreciation of a job well done, and of a tough fight to come.
    • They were small, shining cogs in the movie industry's machinery of distribution and self-congratulation.
    • In his critical writing, too, Pritchett's manner is to disavow authority and try to escape any hint of self-congratulation.
    • Eight years old tonight, the Irish language channel will forgo the traditional on-screen orgy of birthday self-congratulation.
    • She talked about the persistence of elements of racism that we may be missing in self-congratulation of multiculturalism.
    • I often feel that America's religious traditionalists ought to engage in more self-congratulation.
    Synonyms
    smugness, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-approbation, self-admiration, self-regard
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