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

• 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。
• Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
  以过度的自我纵容和道德沦丧为特点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Temptations to self-indulgence should be resisted.
  对于放纵自己的种种诱惑皆应抵制。