complacence
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源自late 中古英语 complacence，源自中世纪拉丁语 complacentia，源自拉丁语 complaceō (“高兴，满足”)。
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complacence (可数 和 不可数，复数 complacences)
- (古旧) 自满，得意
- (弃用) 高兴，愉快
- 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- O thou, my sole complacence.
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- (弃用) 迎合，讨好
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 卷s (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC:
- He told his sister, if she pleased, the new-born infant should be bred up together with little Tommy; to which she consented, though with some little reluctance: for she had truly a great complacence for her brother […]
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