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

• Then landscape becomes the whereabouts there he could release his self-indulgence and retain his original meditation.
  反映到山水诗，山水成为其释放纵诞天性、保持宿心之所在。
• Working hard makes you feel better about yourself and, after a prolonged period of hard slog, you feel sufficiently virtuous to enjoy a bout of self-indulgence with the gayest abandon.
  努力工作会让你的自己感觉更好，而且长时间辛勤工作后，你就会觉得有足够的理由让自己最欢快地放纵一把。
• There is a degree of self-indulgence associated with this placement, and this can result in a failure to attain potential success.
  此外，这配置也跟一定程度的自我放纵有关，而且这可以导致获得潜在成就的失败。
• 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。
• It is both fortunate and dangerous for an artist to live in a time when art has almost developed to a state of crazy self-enhancement and self-indulgence.
  当今的艺术近乎进入到一种疯狂的自我放大和自我放任的状态，这既是作为艺术家的幸运，也是一种危险。
• That is neither self-indulgence nor a conjurer's trick; it is a clause you must obey in order to make a happy marriage.
  这不是任性也不是耍小把戏；而是为了让婚姻幸福你必须遵循的条款。
• 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。
• None of us needs to suffer in order to practise self-indulgence.
  我们没有人为了实践自我放纵而需要受苦。
• It erodes self-awareness and self-restraint, and fosters self-indulgence.
  它降低了自知之明，消磨了自制力，让人变得放纵。
• The seven deadly sins are about earthly self-indulgence and narcissism.
  该七宗罪约俗世自我放纵和自恋。