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

• So there were not only voluntary religious behaviors such as land donation and legacy giving, but also soul transaction, such as peddling indulgences and saints 'remains.
  我们看到有土地捐献、遗产捐赠这类信徒自觉自愿宗教行为，还有教会兜售赎罪券、贩卖圣徒遗物这类买卖灵魂的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• There aren't too many moms I know who don't rank chocolate among their favorite indulgences.
  我认识的妈妈们当中，很少人不把巧克力列为她喜欢的零食。
• Mrs Pennington allowed herself small indulgences.
  彭宁顿太太让自己消受一些小小嗜好。
• While the treasure of indulgences is deservedly most acceptable, because it makes the last to be first.
  不要这样，谅解你这一次的放荡，然后持续你的健康饮食打算。
• 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。
• 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。
• This could be made available by the pope through indulgences, by which the soul was "let-off" a certain period in purgatory.
  教皇可以通过免罪罚来支取，这样灵魂在炼狱里获救了一段时间。
• 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。