indulgences

英 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənsɪz]

美 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənsəz]

n.  沉溺; 放纵; 纵容; 嗜好; 爱好; 享受; 宽容; 包涵
indulgence的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 纵容;迁就
  Indulgencemeans treating someone with special kindness, often when it is not a good thing.
  1. The king's indulgence towards his sons angered the business community...
     国王对儿子们的纵容令商界恼火。
  2. For a moment he allowed himself the indulgence of examining his feelings for her...
     有那么一会儿他让自己沉下心来仔细分析一下对她的感情。
  3. The car is one of my few indulgences.
     汽车是我为数不多的几个嗜好之一。

双语例句

• Analysts say that, like the oft-quoted "lipstick index," rising chocolate sales show that when Americans are cutting their spending elsewhere, they feel more entitled to small indulgences.
  分析人士称，就像常常提到的“口红效应”，巧克力销量的不断上升表明当人们削减其它开支时，会觉得更有理由小小地奢侈一下。
• People have to be held accountable for their indulgences or there is no justice.
  大家应该对自己的放纵负责任，否则就不公平！
• All the pleasures and indulgences of the weekend are over, and I have to get down to some serious hard work.
  周末的娱乐和放纵结束了，我得认真着手一些艰苦的工作。
• On the other hand, the treasure of indulgences is naturally most acceptable, for it makes the last to be first.
  在另一方面，自然是最珍惜的宽容接纳，因为它可以使得上一次。
• Spend your wealth, if you please, in whatever indulgences you have a taste for.
  如果你乐意，把你的财富花在任何嗜好上都行。
• Christians are to be taught that they buying of indulgences is a matter of free choice, not commanded.
  基督徒都可以教他们购买奢侈品是自愿选择而不是指挥。
• Just as Luther criticised indulgences, critics of offsetting argue that the ability to buy retrospective forgiveness for sins of emission is no substitute for not sinning in the first place.
  正如路德对纵欲的批评一样，环保主义者指出，允许可以通过金钱就买到对自己排放之过的宽恕，并不代表没有罪的产生。
• She abandoned them under a delusion,'he answered;` picturing in me a hero of romance, and expecting unlimited indulgences from my chivalrous devotion.
  “她是在一种错觉下放弃那些的，”他回答，“把我想象成一个传奇式的英雄，希望从我的豪侠气概的倾心中得到无尽的娇宠。
• It might be an idea to detox after the indulgences of Christmas
  圣诞节一番放纵之后排排毒或许是个不错的主意。
• You'll be happy to have this collection of sweet indulgences on your kitchen shelf& and your guests will be overjoyed, too.
  你会很乐意在您的厨房架子，和你的客人喜出望外这将是甜蜜的放纵的收集，太。