单词 | self-indulgent |
释义 | self-indulgentˌself-inˈdulgent adjectiveadj ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingallowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often – used to show disapproval 放纵自己的,纵容自己的〔含贬义〕 It feels self-indulgent spending so much on a pair of shoes. 花这么多钱买一双鞋子,感觉太纵容自己了。 self-indulgent novel/film etc (=said when you think the book or film only expresses the author or director's own interests, which are not interesting to other people) 只顾自我表现的小说/电影等 —self-indulgence noun [singular, uncountableU] My one self-indulgence is good coffee. 喝好咖啡是我放纵自己的一大嗜好。 —self-indulgently adverbadv Examples from the Corpus self-indulgent• It made her lazy, it made her rather self-indulgent.• She was all soft and loose and self-indulgent.• This requires that we give up foolish, immoral reading, or reading to acquire power, or reading that is self-indulgent.• But we can not afford to be so self-indulgent and dismissive.• She turned herself over in her bed, and snuggled down for an extra, self-indulgent and rare hour of sleep.• For anyone else this is a self-indulgent luxury.• Oh, not forgetting a stack of self-indulgent musical wanderings.• Bobbi's just a spoiled and self-indulgent rich kid.• Equal parts amusing and excruciating to watch, this self-indulgent sojourn in suburbia is certainly no Defending Your Life. |
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