self-congratulatory

adj.

自赞的，洋洋自得的；

1. Hanging is an atrociously archaic way of killing a human being and the self - satisfied modernity of the electric chair is just as atrocious.
   绞刑是一种不再使用的残忍的杀人方法，而人们自鸣得意的现代电椅同样是残酷的。

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