SMILEto smile in an unpleasant way that shows that you are pleased by someone else’s bad luck or think you are better than other people 幸灾乐祸地笑;自鸣得意地笑
The boys tried not to smirk.
男孩们强忍住得意的笑。
smirk at
What are you smirking at?
你幸灾乐祸地笑什么?
—smirk noun [countableC]
He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face.
他一脸沾沾自喜的笑容。
Examples from the Corpus
smirk• 'You realise you'll be stuck out here on your own, don't you?' he smirked.• Seth turned to Susan, smirking, and opened his leatherjacket.• Bonnie Jean made horns back and I smirked and shook my head.• She sits there smirking as if she's the only one who knows the answer• With time to kill at the airport, I occupied myself smirking at travelers struggling with overcoats.• What are you smirking at?• She set out to cut down on smirking by creating more speakingroles.• She sat there smirking for a long time.• She was carrying an armful of cat-food cans and smirking to herself.• Cassius heard it and smirked to himself as he was ordered to rest the oars.• The most widely distributed Shas tract shows a smirking Weizman standing next to a grim-looking Deri behindbars.
smirk at• I sat in the airport lounge, smirking at travelers struggling with heavyluggage.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SMIRK | SMIRK + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤arrogant, satisfied, self-satisfied, smug, triumphant傲慢的笑;滿意的笑;沾沾自喜的笑;洋洋得意的笑➤amused, knowing愉悅的笑;會意的笑➤playful嬉戲的笑➤evil邪惡的笑➤little, slight, small得意的一笑◇He gave a slight smirk.他得意地微微一笑。VERB + SMIRK➤have, wear帶有得意的笑容◇She had a self-satisfied smirk on her face.她臉上帶着自鳴得意的微笑。➤give露出得意的笑容◇She gave a knowing smirk.她露出會意的微笑。➤conceal, hide掩藏得意的笑容◇He made no attempt to conceal his smirk.他毫不掩飾自鳴得意的笑容。SMIRK + VERB➤appear on sth, come across sth, come to sth, cross sth, play across sth, play on sth在⋯露出得意的微笑;得意的微笑掠過⋯◇A small smirk crossed his face.他臉上露出一絲得意的微笑。◇'What kept you?' He asked, a smirk playing on his lips.“怎麼晚了?”他問道,嘴角掛着一絲得意的微笑。➤grow, widen得意的笑容變得明顯◇Her smirk grew wider.她笑得越發得意了。PREPOSITION➤with a smirk得意地笑着◇'Comfortable?' he asked with a smirk.他一臉得意地笑着問:“舒服嗎?”➤smirk of⋯的得意笑容◇a smirk of triumph勝利的得意笑容PHRASES➤wipe the smirk off sb's face讓某人收起得意的笑臉◇I longed to wipe the smug smirk off his face.我多希望讓他再也得意不起來。