| 单词 | indulgence |
| 释义 | indulgence (once / 484 pages) 1n 2n An indulgence is doing something that you enjoy even if it has negative consequences. Buying yourself something that you don't need, be it a cookie, video game, or diamond necklace, is an indulgence. If you allow yourself to eat more chocolate cake or watch more TV than is really good for you, those are your little indulgences. If you spend your life savings on a trip to Tahiti, that’s a huge indulgence. If someone says to you, "Grant me this indulgence," prepare for a long-winded story that tries to convince you of something. Long, long ago the Catholic Church sold something called "indulgences": pardons for sins. WORD FAMILYindulgence: indulgences, nonindulgence, self-indulgence+/indulge: indulged, indulgence, indulges, indulging, overindulge/overindulge: overindulged, overindulgence, overindulges, overindulging USAGE EXAMPLESTim and I enjoy our drinks and dessert of deep-fried Snickers, which is indulgence par excellence. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But the doting motherhood Clark displayed was considered a bourgeois indulgence. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) Cooking seasonal comfort food with skill and a dash of extra indulgence. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n the act of indulging or gratifying a desire Syn|Hypo|Hyper humoring, indulging, pampering intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence excess, overindulgenceexcessive indulgence binge, orgy, splurgeany act of immoderate indulgence fling, spreea brief indulgence of your impulses dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacydissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure jaga bout of drinking or drug taking gratification the act or an instance of satisfying 2n an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires Syn|Hypo|Hyper self-indulgence luxury something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity indiscipline, undiscipline the trait of lacking discipline 3n a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone too much indulgence spoils a child Syn|Hypo|Hyper lenience, leniency softness a disposition to be lenient in judging others permissiveness, tolerance a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior 4n foolish or senseless behavior 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper craziness, folly, foolery, lunacy, tomfoolery meshugaas, mishegaas, mishegoss (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prankacting like a clown or buffoon schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning caper, frolic, gambol, play, romp gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement n the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse Hyper absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittal the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance |
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