self-indulgent
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌself-inˈdulgent adjective ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingallowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often – used to show disapproval 放纵自己的，纵容自己的〔含贬义〕 It feels self-indulgent spending so much on a pair of shoes. 花这么多钱买一双鞋子，感觉太纵容自己了。self-indulgent novel/film etc (=said when you think the book or film only expresses the author or director's own interests, which are not interesting to other people) 只顾自我表现的小说/电影等 —self-indulgence noun [singular, uncountable] My one self-indulgence is good coffee. 喝好咖啡是我放纵自己的一大嗜好。 —self-indulgently adverb
Examples from the Corpus
self-indulgent• It made her lazy, it made her rather self-indulgent.• She was all soft and loose and self-indulgent.• This requires that we give up foolish, immoral reading, or reading to acquire power, or reading that is self-indulgent.• But we can not afford to be so self-indulgent and dismissive.• She turned herself over in her bed, and snuggled down for an extra, self-indulgent and rare hour of sleep.• For anyone else this is a self-indulgent luxury.• Oh, not forgetting a stack of self-indulgent musical wanderings.• Bobbi's just a spoiled and self-indulgent rich kid.• Equal parts amusing and excruciating to watch, this self-indulgent sojourn in suburbia is certainly no Defending Your Life.ˌself-inˈdulgent adjectiveChineseSyllable
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self-indulgent
ˌself-inˈdulgent
adjective
allowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often – used to show disapproval:
It feels self-indulgent spending so much on a pair of shoes.
self-indulgent novel/film etc (=said when you think the book or film only expresses the author or director's own interests, which are not interesting to other people)
—self-indulgence noun [singular, uncountable]:
My one self-indulgence is good coffee.
—self-indulgently adverb
ˌself-inˈdulgent
adjectiveallowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often – used to show disapproval:
self-indulgent novel/film etc (=said when you think the book or film only expresses the author or director's own interests, which are not interesting to other people)
—self-indulgence noun [singular, uncountable]:
—self-indulgently adverb