marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction;
"a smug glow of self-congratulation"
contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions;
"he had become complacent after years of success" "his self-satisfied dignity"
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用作形容词(adj.)
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。
