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indulge

/in-duhlj/US // ɪnˈdʌldʒ //UK // (ɪnˈdʌldʒ) //

纵容,放任自流,放纵,放纵自己

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    in·dulged, in·dulg·ing.

    • : to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will: Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·dulged, in·dulg·ing.

    • : to yield to, satisfy, or gratify: to indulge one's appetite for sweets.
    • : to yield to the wishes or whims of; be lenient or permissive with: to indulge a child.
    • : to allow to follow one's will: to indulge oneself in reckless spending.
    • : Commerce. to grant an extension of time, for payment or performance, to or on.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtreat oneself or another to
Forms: indulged, indulging
Antonyms

Examples

  • Not just in reduced capacity, so reduced checks per table each night, but also in getting diners to want to indulge in dining indoors at all.

  • They also indulge in their love of getting incredibly bleak.

  • This weekend, indulge in some tourism through three separate short stories about three very different women.

  • So if you can’t — or simply prefer not to — go to the theater this weekend, you can still indulge in a deliciously original retelling of an old story.

  • The idea of sticking with the safest thing has become almost as unthinkable as indulging in the danger of a movie in a theater or a drink at the bar.

  • We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.

  • The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.

  • Though, some would still indulge, even with the risk of punishment.

  • Miller says her service allows men to indulge their basest fantasies.

  • These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.

  • At the same time he is appreciative and very amusing, and one has no chance to indulge in melancholy with him.

  • Some of the tribes inhabiting the district of the lower Amazon indulge in snuff-taking.

  • The council, however, resolved not to indulge the king, for fear of a dangerous precedent.

  • Never indulge in uncommon words, or in Latin and French phrases, but choose the best understood terms to express your meaning.

  • The blood hummed through Garnache's head as he tightened his lips and watched this gentleman indulge his inexplicable mirth.