| 单词 | indulge |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [in'dʌldʒ] |
| 解释 | v.放纵;满足 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 放纵(allow oneself/sb to have whatever one likes or wants);满足(satisfy a perhaps unwarranted desire) 【考】 embarrass : mortify / indulge : mollycoddle(使窘迫过分是羞辱/ 迁就过分是纵容)indulge : ascetic / restrain : libertine(禁欲者不会放纵/放 荡者不会克制)abstemious : indulge / austere : decorate(节制的不会放纵/朴 素的不会装饰)反义词:eschew(躲避 ) 【例】 It is sometimes necessary to indulge a sick child. |
| 字源 | indulge (v.) 1630s, "to grant as a favor;" 1650s, of both persons and desires, "to treat with unearned favor;" a back-formation from indulgence, or else from Latin indulgere "to be complaisant." Related: Indulged; indulging. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 迁就, 纵容(过分地受欲望和幻想支配); 沉溺于(让自己无限制地满足) 【记】可以通过发音记, 但是有点儿◎#¥%...※×in进入, dull(adj 迟钝的), ge: 进入迟钝状态, 因为沉迷于酒色. 【类】embarrass: mortify = indulge: mollycoddle过分使窘迫是羞辱 = 过分迁就是纵容indulge: ascetic = restrain: libertine禁欲者不会放纵 = 放荡者不会克制abstemious: indulge = austere: decorate节制的不会放纵 = 朴素的不会装饰indulge: adherent = slovenly: dapper放纵不是信徒 = 不修边幅的不是衣冠楚楚的appetite: indulge 欲望导致放纵 【反】eschew(vt 避开; 躲避) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】in 进入 + dug(dig的过去分词) 挖洞被埋进去了,陷进去了,比喻放纵欲望陷进去了 |
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