Complacency is a feeling of being so satisfied with a situation — or with what you have already achieved — that you stop trying to improve or change things. English almost always uses it with a frown: teachers, coaches, and newspapers reach for it when a winning team gets lazy, or when a country stops watching a danger.

Complacency is a feeling of being so satisfied with a situation一種對現況太滿意的感覺 — or with what you have already achieved或是對自己已經達成的成果太滿意 — that you stop trying to improve or change things滿意到不再想努力改善或改變. English almost always uses it with a frown英文用這個字幾乎都帶著皺眉的口氣: teachers, coaches, and newspapers reach for it老師、教練、新聞都會用這個字 when a winning team gets lazy用在常勝隊伍開始鬆懈的時候, or when a country stops watching a danger或一個國家不再警惕某個危險的時候

It is not the same as being calm or content; content can be healthy. Complacency is the sleepy kind of pride.

It is not the same as being calm or content這跟平靜或滿足不一樣; content can be healthy滿足是可以很健康的. Complacency is the sleepy kind of pridecomplacency是那種昏昏欲睡的驕傲

Though actually, the person who has it often does not feel they are doing anything wrong — that is the trap. You will hear “cannot afford complacency” as a warning, not a description of peace.

Though actually不過事實上, the person who has it often does not feel they are doing anything wrong有這種心態的人常常不覺得自己做錯了什麼 — that is the trap這就是陷阱所在. You will hear "cannot afford complacency"你會聽到「cannot afford complacency」這句話 as a warning, not a description of peace是一種警告，不是在形容平靜