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

• 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。
• 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。
• A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
  对自身习惯的不适中的放任。
• 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。
• Zhong Tianqi, life is not as easy as you think it can be, and self-indulgence is not your monopoly.& words from Ou Yaruo.
  仲天骐，生活不是你想象得那么容易，任性也不是你个人的专利。
• In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption.
  在一个国家，努力工作、健康的家庭、和睦的团体和对上帝的信仰是一种自豪，而现在，我们当中很多人崇拜放纵和消费。
• 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。
• The absence in much modern society of religious faith, patriotism or any serious set of philosophical beliefs leaves a vacuum that is often filled by sheer self-indulgence, escapism and nihilism and frequently fuelled by drink and drugs.
  现代社会大多缺乏宗教信仰、爱国主义精神或其他严肃的哲学信念，由此留下的真空通常会由彻底的自我放纵、逃避现实和虚无主义来填满，而且经常是在酒精和毒品的驱动下。
• 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。
• 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。