自鸣得意的

Hanging is an atrociously archaic way of killing a human being and the self satisfied modernity of the is just as atrocious .

绞刑是一种结束生命的古代残暴办法，而自鸣得意的现代电椅也一样凶残。

Hanging is an atrociously archaic way of killing a human being and the self-satisfied modernity of the electric chair is just as atrocious.

绞刑是一种结束生命的古代残暴办法，而自鸣得意的现代电椅也一样凶残。他把椅子砸在门上。

Hanging is an atrociously archaic way of killing a human being and the self- satisfied modernity of the electric chair is just as atrocious.

绞刑是一种结束生命的古代残暴办法，而自鸣得意的现代电椅也一样凶残。他们那种神气十足的官僚架子实在叫人吃不消。

I remember his fatuous and limited face on the field of Austerlitz.

我记得那副在奥斯特利茨战场的自鸣得意的嘴脸。

Those baby-faced people now have another reason to be smug: a new Danish study says looking young apparently means a longer life.

那些长着娃娃脸的人现在又多了一个可以自鸣得意的理由了，因为一份来自丹麦的研究称，人显小很明显就会活得更长。

You,take the gloater to the patient's drug den.

你带这自鸣得意的家伙去病人的毒巢

The old libertine looked with a knowing smirk at the beautiful young woman.

老色鬼用自鸣得意的，好象知道一切般的目光盯着漂亮的年轻女人

Omphaloskepsis: literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption

navel是肚脐，只看得到自己的肚脐，我认为是目光短浅，自鸣得意的意思

A smirk is an affected smile that often expresses an offensive smugness

Smirk 则是指一种做作的，通常表现得自鸣得意的、令人生厌的微笑

Self-righteously complacent .

沾沾自喜的，自鸣得意的。。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。