self-indulgence

英 [ˌself ɪnˈdʌldʒəns]

美 [ˌself ɪnˈdʌldʒəns]

n.  自我放纵;自我纵容

复数：self-indulgences　

法律

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 自我放纵;自我纵容
  Self-indulgenceis the act of allowing yourself to have or do the things that you enjoy very much.
  1. He prayed to be saved from self-indulgence...
     他祈祷自己能从自我放纵中摆脱出来。
  2. Going to the movies in the afternoon is one of my big self-indulgences.
     下午去看电影是我尽情放纵自己的一种方式。

英英释义

noun

• excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
  1. the intemperance of their language
  Synonym:intemperanceintemperateness
• an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
  Synonym:indulgence

双语例句

• A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
  对自身习惯的不适中的放任。
• He writes that his first book, The Alchemy of Finance, was dismissed by many critics as the self-indulgence of a successful speculator.
  他的第一本书《金融炼金术》被许多评论家斥责为一个成功的投机商的自我放纵。
• Celebrations can smack of complacency, laziness, extravagance and self-indulgence.
  庆祝可能带有自满、懒散、挥霍和自我放纵的意味。
• Such a tactic would be futile rather like the daughters of Danaus trying to fill a sieve and could only encourage greater self-indulgence.
  这种办法是徒劳无益的，就像丹尼亚斯（danaus）的女儿们试图用筛子打水一样，只可能进一步助长自我放纵。
• You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
  因为你们洗净杯盘的外面，里面却盛满了勒索和放荡。
• He prayed to be saved from self-indulgence
  他祈祷自己能从自我放纵中摆脱出来。
• He was an angry, embittered, rich man, with no philosophy of life beyond self-indulgence.
  他是一个怒气冲冲、心怀怨恨的有钱人，除了自我放纵外没有任何生活信念。
• A long focus on enjoyment, romance, self-indulgence and children's affairs ends now.
  一段长时间投入在娱乐、浪漫爱情、自我放纵和子女琐事上的日子结束了。
• There also have been various stories over the past few months about how all of this is a reflection of our collective laziness. Or of short attention spans. Or of millennial self-indulgence.
  过去数月发生的各种不同的故事，都折射出我们的集体惰性，或者是注意力难以持久，又或者是千禧世代的自我放纵。
• Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
  以过度的自我纵容和道德沦丧为特点。