| 单词 |
self-gratulation |
| 释义 |
self-gratuˈlation = self-congratulation.
1802E. Parsons Myst. Visit II. 125 The self-gratulation of her insidious guardian. 1829Lytton Devereux iii. iv, The wisdom of a choice which has brought you self-gratulation. 1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent ii. vi. 196 It [certitude] is a feeling of satisfaction and self-gratulation. So self-ˈgratulating ppl. a., -ˈgratulatingly adv., -ˈgratulatory a.
1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xlii, The *self-gratulating ignorant prosperity of the Cohens.
1835Tait's Mag. II. 533 Amusements and dissipations are *self-gratulatingly denounced as gross follies and sins.
1859Bain Emotions & Will vii. 136 Those various forms of *self-gratulatory feeling. Ibid. 140 The self-gratulatory pleasures. |

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