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词汇 self-indulgence
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Definition of self-indulgence in English:

self-indulgence

noun
mass noun
  • 1The quality of being self-indulgent.

    自我放任

    self-indulgence needs to be guarded against
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cast approaches the material with relish and Polanski prevents broad characterisations and self-indulgence amongst his actors.
    • It's a distended medley of uproars, asinine taunts, genuine skill, charm, and self-indulgence.
    • In view of the sacrifice our troops have made on our behalf, this insensitivity to them and their families suggests a level of self-indulgence and ingratitude that shocks the conscience.
    • What it also does is remind me of how special and precious those few are who don't disappoint, who don't surrender to the odds, the ravages of time, or self-indulgence.
    • We can see the waste associated with such self-indulgence every time that we walk down the high street because all those excessively expensive paving slabs are today just as cracked and just as full of chewing gum as the cheaper variety.
    • It is populated by a pantheon of upper-middle class aesthetes, running the full gamut from self-indulgence to self-pity, gold-digging doctors and junkie beggars.
    • The graveyard of decadence is self-indulgence, and Clark can be found wandering among the tombstones on occasion.
    • All three deliver impressively grounded, natural performances in a character-driven format that would tempt many actors into workshop self-indulgence.
    • Both dishes were proof that the sort of culinary self-indulgence and over-elaboration that has become commonplace in so many fish restaurants need not be a part of running a successful seafood restaurant.
    • They have made a world in which the only freedom is self-indulgence, a world from which - most terrible of all - prison can sometimes be a liberation.
    • The committee also said that many projects lacked proper supervision from mid-managers, and that quality standards were often replaced with self-indulgence.
    • Thirty years ago Aron worried about a kind of hedonistic self-indulgence characteristic of decadent societies.
    • Unfortunately, it seems that self-indulgence and fame prevented Thompson from further, similar forays of genuine experience.
    • He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism.
    • With its lines of dialogue being few and far between, and its long, vast shots of the golden deserts and the cold white mountains, the film can be accused of languor, and even self-indulgence, at moments.
    • I went back to see both places this month, partly through self-indulgence, partly as a journey of discovery - to find out how they had changed, and whether they might offer a different perspective on the Scotland of today.
    • This day of deliberate collective self-indulgence expresses the real meaning of Christmas - enjoying food and drink, revelling in company and keeping the fire of life lighting.
    • These faults, such as they are, can be attributed to self-indulgence, surely excusable in a subject of such complexity, as demonstrated by the bibliography and footnotes which are copious and detailed.
    • The only thing notorious about it is how much hearsay about self-indulgence and narcissism has swirled around the film without people having seen it.
    • Beyond sentimentality and self-indulgence, these backward glances at a naïve landscape awaken - or reawaken - the conservationist within us.
    1. 1.1count noun Something done or allowed in a self-indulgent way.
      放纵行为
      simple-minded pleasures and self-indulgences

      星期日单纯的快乐和放纵。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was a sprawling double album, which was, depending who you talk to, an overblown self-indulgence or the best thing he'd ever put on record.
      • Talking about oneself is a self-indulgence, which should be shunned by the analyst who, during the analytic hour, must regard himself solely as the agent of the patient.
      • The new work, for example, is somewhat autobiographical, a self-indulgence that once he would not have allowed himself.
      • With our junk food, lack of exercise, self-indulgences and self-imposed stress, many of our old folk will outlive their sons, daughters and even grandchildren.
      • Well, I have to snap out of all sorts of self-indulgences today.
      • This movie is a glorious self-indulgence about a man who is gloriously self-indulgent.
      • Harris's delightful self-indulgences practically dictate that a reviewer must find some fault with his book.
      • He is also forbidden the self-indulgences of most monarchs including the acquisition of large harems of wives, stocks of silver and gold, or large stables of horses for military adventures.
      • Fortunately, the question rarely enters the writer's mind, except in times of crises - personal or otherwise - when any writing seems meaningless and a self-indulgence.
      • He doesn't have much tolerance for the tantrums and self-indulgences that other writers engage in.
      • It was a dangerous self-indulgence that could tear her apart.
      • They were all self-indulgences only made possible by his great wealth.
      Synonyms
      hedonism, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, luxury, lotus-eating, epicureanism, self-gratification
      lack of self-restraint, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, overindulgence, overconsumption, excess, extravagance, the high life, high living, licence, licentiousness, sensualism, voluptuousness, dissipation, dissoluteness, decadence
      rare sybaritism

Definition of self-indulgence in US English:

self-indulgence

nounˈˌself ənˈdəljənsˈˌsɛlf ənˈdəldʒəns
  • 1The quality of being self-indulgent.

    自我放任

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Beyond sentimentality and self-indulgence, these backward glances at a naïve landscape awaken - or reawaken - the conservationist within us.
    • All three deliver impressively grounded, natural performances in a character-driven format that would tempt many actors into workshop self-indulgence.
    • Both dishes were proof that the sort of culinary self-indulgence and over-elaboration that has become commonplace in so many fish restaurants need not be a part of running a successful seafood restaurant.
    • I went back to see both places this month, partly through self-indulgence, partly as a journey of discovery - to find out how they had changed, and whether they might offer a different perspective on the Scotland of today.
    • These faults, such as they are, can be attributed to self-indulgence, surely excusable in a subject of such complexity, as demonstrated by the bibliography and footnotes which are copious and detailed.
    • With its lines of dialogue being few and far between, and its long, vast shots of the golden deserts and the cold white mountains, the film can be accused of languor, and even self-indulgence, at moments.
    • It's a distended medley of uproars, asinine taunts, genuine skill, charm, and self-indulgence.
    • What it also does is remind me of how special and precious those few are who don't disappoint, who don't surrender to the odds, the ravages of time, or self-indulgence.
    • This day of deliberate collective self-indulgence expresses the real meaning of Christmas - enjoying food and drink, revelling in company and keeping the fire of life lighting.
    • The graveyard of decadence is self-indulgence, and Clark can be found wandering among the tombstones on occasion.
    • We can see the waste associated with such self-indulgence every time that we walk down the high street because all those excessively expensive paving slabs are today just as cracked and just as full of chewing gum as the cheaper variety.
    • They have made a world in which the only freedom is self-indulgence, a world from which - most terrible of all - prison can sometimes be a liberation.
    • The committee also said that many projects lacked proper supervision from mid-managers, and that quality standards were often replaced with self-indulgence.
    • The cast approaches the material with relish and Polanski prevents broad characterisations and self-indulgence amongst his actors.
    • The only thing notorious about it is how much hearsay about self-indulgence and narcissism has swirled around the film without people having seen it.
    • Unfortunately, it seems that self-indulgence and fame prevented Thompson from further, similar forays of genuine experience.
    • It is populated by a pantheon of upper-middle class aesthetes, running the full gamut from self-indulgence to self-pity, gold-digging doctors and junkie beggars.
    • He represents bored self-indulgence and hedonism.
    • In view of the sacrifice our troops have made on our behalf, this insensitivity to them and their families suggests a level of self-indulgence and ingratitude that shocks the conscience.
    • Thirty years ago Aron worried about a kind of hedonistic self-indulgence characteristic of decadent societies.
    1. 1.1 Something done in a self-indulgent way.
      放纵行为
      Sunday's simpleminded pleasures and self-indulgences

      星期日单纯的快乐和放纵。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Fortunately, the question rarely enters the writer's mind, except in times of crises - personal or otherwise - when any writing seems meaningless and a self-indulgence.
      • The new work, for example, is somewhat autobiographical, a self-indulgence that once he would not have allowed himself.
      • This movie is a glorious self-indulgence about a man who is gloriously self-indulgent.
      • It was a dangerous self-indulgence that could tear her apart.
      • Talking about oneself is a self-indulgence, which should be shunned by the analyst who, during the analytic hour, must regard himself solely as the agent of the patient.
      • Well, I have to snap out of all sorts of self-indulgences today.
      • He doesn't have much tolerance for the tantrums and self-indulgences that other writers engage in.
      • Harris's delightful self-indulgences practically dictate that a reviewer must find some fault with his book.
      • He is also forbidden the self-indulgences of most monarchs including the acquisition of large harems of wives, stocks of silver and gold, or large stables of horses for military adventures.
      • They were all self-indulgences only made possible by his great wealth.
      • With our junk food, lack of exercise, self-indulgences and self-imposed stress, many of our old folk will outlive their sons, daughters and even grandchildren.
      • It was a sprawling double album, which was, depending who you talk to, an overblown self-indulgence or the best thing he'd ever put on record.
      Synonyms
      hedonism, indulgence, pursuit of pleasure, pleasure-seeking, luxury, lotus-eating, epicureanism, self-gratification
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