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overindulged

/oh-ver-in-duhlj/US // ˌoʊ vər ɪnˈdʌldʒ //UK // (ˌəʊvərɪnˈdʌldʒ) //

纵欲过度,纵情享乐,放纵的,放纵

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  1. 1

    o·ver·in·dulged, o·ver·in·dulg·ing.

    • : to indulge to excess: to overindulge one's fondness for candy.

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Examples

  • At first, it is easy to dismiss Bradlee as an overindulged and overprotected child of privilege.

  • And he failed to curb his own immoderate thirst, but overindulged until, inert in the medicine lodge, he slept as heavily as they.

  • What can an overindulged child know of the grand motives it takes a life-time to learn?

  • Reuben—could Benjamin by chance have overindulged in liquor?

  • Perhaps he overindulged and spoiled the youngster of whom he was so fond.

  • He told her of his overindulged boyhood, as the only child of a wealthy New York merchant.