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单词 indulgence
释义
indulgence
noun
uk
/ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/us
/ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/
[CorU]
anoccasionwhen youallowsomeone or yourself to have somethingenjoyable,especiallymore than is good for you:
沉溺；放纵
Chocolate is my only indulgence.巧克力是我唯一的嗜好。
All thepleasuresand indulgences of theweekendare over, and I must get down to someserioushardwork.周末的快乐时光和享受都结束了，我得认真处理一些棘手的工作。
Hishealthsufferedfromover-indulgencein(= too much)richfoodanddrink.过度食用油腻食物和酗酒损害了他的健康。
See also
self-indulgence
[U]
anoccasionwhen youallowor do notmindsomeone'sfailureorbadbehaviour:
允许；迁就；纵容
Myinabilityto doneedleworkwastreatedwithsurprisingindulgence by myteacher.我不会做针线活儿，而老师竟然迁就了我，这真令我吃惊。
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(Definition ofindulgencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indulgence| American Dictionary

indulgence
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪnˈdʌl·dʒəns/
theattitudeofallowingyourself or someoneelseto have somethingenjoyable, or theactof having somethingenjoyable:
[U]Heavy indulgence infattyfoodsshould beavoided.
[C]I do not much like self-quotation, but I shallaskyourindulgence.
(Definition ofindulgencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindulgence

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Curiously, no one mentions indulgences.
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I want eventually to see a pension that provides not only for necessities but for indulgences as well.
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Not for him were cheap indulgences in rhetoric for its own end.
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Their betters could do what they pleased, but it was not for the working classes to have such indulgences.
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We reject, however, the many direct and indirect indulgences in the report of private companies.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They count the cost, very often, of their indulgences.
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People are less encouraged to have regard, for their immediate neighbours, and they have more technical means of inflicting their indulgences on others.
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None of these indulgences, we are now told, are to be interfered with.
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They are not compelled day after day to suffer the indulgences of other cruel and rather selfish people.
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Reckon up your deficiencies and petty indulgences as an accountant would your losses, and put them right and keep them right.
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The average wage is one which does not permit of great indulgences or a large measure of savings.
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If we are being rather harsh, the key issue here is that those indulgences cannot continue indefinitely.
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The unfortunate fact remains that it is from the practice of such indulgences as this that the courts derive most of their work.
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There are what are known as first-class misdemeanants, and indulgences are given to many persons who fall into the class of political offenders.
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What is the use of telling that to a poor boy, who never got a shilling for any of those occasional little indulgences to which he is perfectly entitled?
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