self-righteously
adverb uk/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/ us/ˌselfˈraɪ.tʃəs.li/
自以为是地
in a self-righteous way (= believing that your ideas and behaviour are morally better than other people's)
We read these books and shake our heads self-righteously, certain that if we had been there, it would never have happened. 我们读了这些书，自以为是地摇摇头，确信假如我们当时在那里的话，书中所说的那种事情就绝对不会发生。
The people who self-righteously claim to know the most about the environment here are not from here. 那些自以为是地声称最了解这里环境的人并不来自这里。
See: self-righteous
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- Sometimes my mind self-righteously judges the people we meet.
- "I told you he couldn't cook," said Terry self-righteously.
- The paper self-righteously took up the story, forcing the other newspapers to follow suit.