self-indulgence
noun[SorU]
usuallydisapprovinguk/ˌself.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/us/ˌself.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/theactofallowingyourself to have or do anything that youenjoy:
自我放纵Rarely have Iseentwopeopleworktogether soeffortlesslyand with so little self-indulgence.我很少看到两个人如此毫不费力地合作,而且很少自我放纵。
Why should they be made tofeelguiltyfor a little self-indulgence?为什么要让他们为一点自我放纵而感到内疚?
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self-indulgent
- There is still acuriousassumptionthat having achildis theultimateself-indulgence.
- TheRomanpoetLivywrotethatgreedand self-indulgenceledRomans todangerousexcesses.
- It canbecomedifficulttodrawthelinebetween what isbestfor thepet, and what ispureself-indulgence.
Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask insomething
- bask/bathe in reflected gloryidiom
- be a glutton for punishmentidiom
- be a great one forsomethingidiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- flatter
- get off onsomething
- get oversomething/someone
- get your jolliesidiom
- glory insomething
- glutton
- masochism
- masochistic
- meat
- perk
- perk(someone)up
- savour
- whoop