词汇 | indulgent |
释义 | indulgent adjective uk /ɪnˈdʌl.dʒənt/ us /ɪnˈdʌl.dʒənt/ allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them: 迁就的;纵容的;宽容的 indulgent relatives待人宽厚的亲戚 an indulgent smile宽容的微笑 He had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards his grandchildren.他曾是个严厉的父亲,但对孙子孙女却很娇惯。 Causing pleasure agreeable agreeableness agreeably all things to all peopleidiom attractive delightfully distraction diverting divertingly do someone's heart goodidiom homey indulgently jovial jovially keep on the right side of someoneidiom sensuously serendipitous sweeten swooning swooningly Related wordindulgently Examples of indulgentindulgent It would have felt rather indulgent, in the end, to do it that way. At the same time, his indulgent tone does not betray a strongly negative reaction to their self-identification. Furthermore, the guilds frequently criticized the authorities on the grounds that their policy towards illicit artisan work and their practice of control was too indulgent. The life he designed for his workmen was not an indulgent one. The count is indulgent, as it computes, by definition, the minimal number of missing and wrong links. While current neurolinguistic discussion is often indulgent and without discipline, this handbook offers evidence that there is, nonetheless, important, ongoing scientific activity in the field. His audience on this occasion, however, was not so credulous or indulgent. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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