The quality of looking and sounding too pleased with yourself. A smug person has decided they are right, or clever, or lucky, and lets you see that they know it — often with a small closed smile. Smugness is that whole attitude, treated as a thing you can point at: "I couldn't stand the smugness in his voice." It is almost always a criticism; nobody says it about themselves except as a joke.

The quality那種特質 of looking and sounding too pleased with yourself看起來、聽起來都太得意的樣子。A smug person一個smug（自鳴得意）的人 has decided認定 they are right, or clever, or lucky自己是對的、聰明的，或幸運的，and lets you see而且會讓你看得出來 that they know it他自己也知道這一點——often with a small closed smile常常帶著一個小小抿著嘴的笑。Smugnesssmugness就是 is that whole attitude這整套態度，treated as a thing you can point at被當成一個可以指出來的東西："I couldn't stand the smugness in his voice."像「I couldn't stand the smugness in his voice」（我受不了他語氣裡那股得意勁）。It is almost always它幾乎總是 a criticism一種批評；nobody says it about themselves沒有人會用它形容自己，except as a joke除非是在開玩笑。

Two things separate it from ordinary pride. First, it is quiet. A boastful person tells you loudly; a smug person just sits there radiating it, and that silence is part of what annoys people.

Two things兩件事 separate it from把它跟 ordinary pride普通的驕傲區分開來。First第一，it is quiet它是安靜的。A boastful person一個愛炫耀的人 tells you loudly會大聲告訴你；a smug person而smug的人 just sits there radiating it只是坐在那裡散發著那股氣息，and that silence而那種沉默 is part of what annoys people正是讓人討厭的一部分。

Second, it usually comes with comparison — the smug person is pleased partly because someone else got it wrong, lost, or didn't see it coming. So it turns up a lot after arguments ("and then he was insufferable, all that smugness"), in politics and sport writing about winners, and in reviews of films or books whose makers seem too impressed with themselves.

Second第二，it usually comes with comparison它通常伴隨著比較——the smug personsmug的人 is pleased partly因為 because someone else got it wrong, lost, or didn't see it coming別人做錯了、輸了，或沒料到 而感到開心。So所以 it turns up a lot它常常出現 after arguments在吵架之後（"and then he was insufferable, all that smugness"像「and then he was insufferable, all that smugness」（然後他就讓人受不了，那副得意樣）），in politics and sport writing about winners也出現在講贏家的政治和體育文章裡，and in reviews of films or books也出現在影評、書評裡 whose makers seem too impressed with themselves那些創作者看起來對自己太滿意的作品。

English speakers also apply it to things, not just people: a smug little town, the smugness of a company's advertising, meaning the thing gives off that self-satisfied feeling. Being called smug stings more than being called proud, because it says your good opinion of yourself is showing.

English speakers英文使用者 also apply it to things也會把它用在事物上，not just people不只是人：a smug little town一個自鳴得意的小鎮、the smugness of a company's advertising一家公司廣告裡的那股得意勁，meaning意思是 the thing gives off that self-satisfied feeling那個東西散發出那種自滿的感覺。Being called smug被說成smug 比 stings more than than being called proud被說成驕傲更刺痛人，because it says因為這代表 your good opinion of yourself is showing你對自己的良好評價露餡了。