澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 民主国家掉入信心陷阱

 

When successful democracies become too complacent¹ about themselves, David Runciman argues they fall into the confidence trap.

当成功的民主国家变得志得意满,大卫·兰克曼认为它们落入了“信心陷阱”。

1 complacent   

adj.自满的；自鸣得意的

参考例句：

• We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
• She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。