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

• Critical of the self-indulgence of the super-rich, Buffett thinks of inheritances as "privately funded food stamps" that keep children of the rich from leading normal, independent lives.
  他对“超级富人”自我放纵的生活方式非常反感，他把遗产看作是“私人资助的饭票”，这让有钱人家的孩子们无法过上正常而独立的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But there can be no doubt the age of self-indulgence is over whether this phase of austerity is the new normal is anyone's guess.
  但有一点毋庸置疑，即自我放纵的时代已然结束所有人都不清楚这种节俭的状态是否会成为常态。
• 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。
• Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence.
  以过度的柔靡或者自我放纵为特点。
• A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
  对自身习惯的不适中的放任。
• 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。
• 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。