踌躇满志 meaning in English
(心满意足、从容自得的样子) enormously proud of one's success; be self-satisfied; complacent; elated with success; exceedingly gratified; he looked like the cat that ate the canary.; proud and self-satisfied; puffed up with pride; smug; wearing a proud, self-satisfied look [expression]
Examples
- The physicists, too, were more than content .
物理学家们也踌躇满志。 - Then he had been sure of his work .
那时候他对自己的写作踌躇满志。 - He'd been contented enough the first few years .
最初几年他倒是踌躇满志。 - But they had not spoiled his sense of proportion .
它们却没有使他踌躇满志，忘乎所以。 - He began to get ambitious .
他开始踌躇满志起来。