self-indulgence

1. N-VAR 自我放纵;自我纵容
   Self-indulgence is 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。

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。
3. You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
   因为你们洗净杯盘的外面，里面却盛满了勒索和放荡。
4. 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。
5. Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence.
   以过度的柔靡或者自我放纵为特点。
6. But aren't those feelings really sentimentality, emotional self-indulgence?
   但是那些感情难道不就是多愁善感和情绪化的自我放纵吗？
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. None of us needs to suffer in order to practise self-indulgence.
   我们没有人为了实践自我放纵而需要受苦。
10. Given to self-indulgence. lifecycle CO2 emissions
    生活放荡的自我放纵的生命周期CO2排放
11. Then landscape becomes the whereabouts there he could release his self-indulgence and retain his original meditation.
    反映到山水诗，山水成为其释放纵诞天性、保持宿心之所在。
12. 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。
13. It is both fortunate and dangerous for an artist to live in a time when art has almost developed to a state of crazy self-enhancement and self-indulgence.
    当今的艺术近乎进入到一种疯狂的自我放大和自我放任的状态，这既是作为艺术家的幸运，也是一种危险。
14. 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。
15. A long focus on enjoyment, romance, self-indulgence and children's affairs ends now.
    一段长时间投入在娱乐、浪漫爱情、自我放纵和子女琐事上的日子结束了。
16. 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。
17. Don't get sensational over headlines and just get your head stuck in the same spot for comfort and self-indulgence.
    不要看到耸人听闻的新闻标题，就沉溺其中，寻求安慰，自我陶醉。
18. Reports of his tax policies suggest that Shah Jahan may have appropriated as much as 40 per cent of what we now call gross domestic product to support a lifestyle of exceptional ostentation and self-indulgence.
    有关沙贾汗（shahjahan）税收政策的报告似乎显示，他可能挪用了40%我们现在所称的“国内生产总值”，以支持自己穷奢极侈的生活方式。
19. It erodes self-awareness and self-restraint, and fosters self-indulgence.
    它降低了自知之明，消磨了自制力，让人变得放纵。
20. Critical of the self-indulgence of the super-rich, Buffett thinks of inheritances as "privately funded food stamps" that keep children of the rich from leading normal, independent lives.
    他对“超级富人”自我放纵的生活方式非常反感，他把遗产看作是“私人资助的饭票”，这让有钱人家的孩子们无法过上正常而独立的生活。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. Temptations to self-indulgence should be resisted.
    对于放纵自己的种种诱惑皆应抵制。
26. 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。
27. A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
    对自身习惯的不适中的放任。
28. 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。
29. Such a tactic would be futile rather like the daughters of Danaus trying to fill a sieve and could only encourage greater self-indulgence.
    这种办法是徒劳无益的，就像丹尼亚斯（danaus）的女儿们试图用筛子打水一样，只可能进一步助长自我放纵。
30. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
    以过度的自我纵容和道德沦丧为特点。

noun

1. excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
   1. the intemperance of their language

   Synonym:    intemperanceintemperateness

2. an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

   Synonym:    indulgence