Indulge

[ɪn'dʌldʒ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) give free rein to; 'The writer indulged in metaphorical language'.

(verb.) enjoy to excess; 'She indulges in ice cream'.

錄入:雷内--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

(v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

(v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.

(v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

(v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.

布丽奇特編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Gratify, favor, humor, cherish, pamper, COCKER, give free scope to, give a loose rein to, give way to, give one's self up to.[2]. Allow, permit, suffer.

v. n. Indulge one's self.

彻姬塔編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Spoil, pamper, humor, gratify, cherish, bask, revel, grovel, foster, favor,allow

ANT:Thwart, deny, contradict, disappoint, discard, abjure, counteract, renounce,mortify, discipline

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to yield to the wishes of: not to restrain as the will &c.—v.i. (with in) to gratify one's appetites freely.—ns. Indul′gence gratification: forbearance of present payment: in the R.C. Church a remission to a repentant sinner of the temporal punishment which remains due after the sin and its eternal punishment have been remitted (Plenary indulgences such as remit all; Partial a portion of the temporal punishment due to sin; Temporal those granted only for a time; Perpetual or Indefinite those which last till revoked; Personal those granted to a particular person or confraternity; Local those gained only in a particular place): exemption of an individual from an ecclesiastical law.—adjs. Indul′gent yielding to the wishes of others: compliant: not severe; Indulgen′tial.—adv. Indul′gently.—ns. Indul′ger; Indult′ a license granted by the Pope authorising something to be done which the common law of the Church does not sanction.—Declaration of Indulgence a proclamation of James II. in 1687 by which he promised to suspend all laws tending to force the conscience of his subjects.

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