indulgences

英 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənsɪz]

美 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənsəz]

n.  沉溺; 放纵; 纵容; 嗜好; 爱好; 享受; 宽容; 包涵
indulgence的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 纵容;迁就
  Indulgencemeans treating someone with special kindness, often when it is not a good thing.
  1. The king's indulgence towards his sons angered the business community...
     国王对儿子们的纵容令商界恼火。
  2. For a moment he allowed himself the indulgence of examining his feelings for her...
     有那么一会儿他让自己沉下心来仔细分析一下对她的感情。
  3. The car is one of my few indulgences.
     汽车是我为数不多的几个嗜好之一。

双语例句

• Mrs Pennington allowed herself small indulgences.
  彭宁顿太太让自己消受一些小小嗜好。
• People have to be held accountable for their indulgences or there is no justice.
  大家应该对自己的放纵负责任，否则就不公平！
• With dedicated rooms for wine, work-outs and watching films these days, it was only a matter of time before one of those other great indulgences in life-shoes-also commanded bespoke accommodation.
  如今随着专用酒室、健身室和电影室的出现，人们在生活中沉湎的其它爱好之一鞋子也必将拥有单独住宿，这只是个时间问题。
• Thus those indulgence preachers are in error who say that a man is absolved from every penalty and saved by papal indulgences.
  如此，那些豁免人罪罚的牧者说，一个人是因教皇的赦罪而从一切惩罚中被赦免并得拯救，这样说是错误的。
• One, as with indulgences, is to assuage guilt.
  其一，就像纵欲一般，是为了减轻罪恶。
• Just as Luther criticised indulgences, critics of offsetting argue that the ability to buy retrospective forgiveness for sins of emission is no substitute for not sinning in the first place.
  正如路德对纵欲的批评一样，环保主义者指出，允许可以通过金钱就买到对自己排放之过的宽恕，并不代表没有罪的产生。
• This in turn leads to more mistrust and unrest at the club as the constant revolution of indulgences and whims continues.
  这依次导致了俱乐部内部更多的不信任和不安，于是持续的放任和反复无常继续着。
• A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences.
  中世纪靠卖印有罗马教皇图象的纸来收集钱财的牧师、传教士。
• Indulgences were normally conditional on venerating a relic, performing some religious practice, or making a gift.
  免罪罚通常以崇拜圣物、从事一些宗教活动或施舍钱物为条件。
• Even if you say in your propriety," I don't try to escape myself through these indulgences," but when we open the newspaper or turn on the television, we start to link up with the mass of society.
  即使中规中矩的你会说：我没有藉由这些放纵物来逃避自我。但是当我们翻开报纸，转开电视，就开始和群体社会相连结；