indulgent
indulgent 英 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənt] 美 [ɪnˈdʌldʒənt]
adj. 放纵的；宽容的；任性的
- Someone who is self-indulgent gives themselves a lot of treats. Parents who are indulgent cave to every desire their child expresses. Indulgent means lenient, or overly generous.
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- adj. 放纵的；宽容的；任性的
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1. You are too indulgent with your children.
你太放纵孩子了。
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2. Well, after 20 weeks on the road I'm now about halfway through my journey so, at the risk of being self-indulgent, here goes.
好吧，我骑车旅行已经有20个星期，路程也差不多过半了，我就冒着自我放纵的风险来写一下吧。
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3. Some thought the mood was merely a self-indulgent vacation from the real world, even an orgy of narcissism on a national scale.
一些人认为这种情绪不仅仅属于在现实世界一个假期的放纵，而是更趋近于整个国家范围内的自我陶醉。
- indulgent (adj.) "lenient, willing to overlook faults," often in a bad sense, "too lenient," c. 1500, from Latin indulgentem (nominative indulgens) "kind, tender, fond," present participle of indulgere "be kind, be complaisant, yield" (see indulgence). Related: Indulgently.
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