| 英语单词 | indulgence |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪn'dʌldʒəns] 美 [ɪn'dʌldʒəns] |
| 中文释义 | n.沉溺 放纵 嗜好 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I must ask the readers' kind indulgence for any inaccuracies and omissions that may possibly occur. (2) Sweets are my only indulgence. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我必须请求读者原谅可能出现的错误和疏漏。 (2) 甜食是我唯一的嗜好。 |
| vocabulary简明 | 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. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词]纵容;迁就 Indulgence means treating someone with special kindness, often when it is not a good thing.
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