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词汇 overindulgence
释义 overindulgence
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌəʊ.və.rɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/
behaviour in which you allow yourself to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink: (尤指在饮食方面)过度放任(自己)
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of overindulgence.对许多美国人来说,感恩节是一个放纵自我的好机会。
Overindulgence in food and drink is a big danger for those who live alone.在饮食方面放纵自己是独居者面临的一个很大的危险。
behaviour in which you allow someone to have more of something enjoyable than is good for them: 过分沉溺,过分纵容
Her father thought he had to be mean, to counteract her mother's overindulgence.她的父亲认为他必须严苛,抵消她母亲的过度纵容。
The school sees the result of parental interference and overindulgence all the time.学校总是看到父母干涉和过度放纵所造成的后果。
Her illness comes from overindulgence in drink and spicy foods.
I am prone to overindulgence: If I sit down to watch a movie, I eat the whole bag of popcorn in five minutes.
His book suffers from a reporter's overindulgence in detail.
He criticised them for overindulgence toward their grandchildren.
He has serious misgivings about the overindulgence of pets.
Overindulgence of the young was kept firmly in check.
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Examples of overindulgence


overindulgence
Dangerous overindulgence is consistently marked in texts that circulated throughout the century.
Immediately following his confession, two drunken dancers vividly portray the results of such overindulgence, staggering through what tries to be a noble entree grave.
Rage, annoyance, bad moods, gluttony, overindulgence, immodesty, greed, hedonism, or insatiability are all instances of failed temperance.
He knows all about the cycle of overindulgence and about having to pay the bills later.
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Our social and economic situation has never in our history been enhanced by overindulgence in pacifism.
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We all have experience of relatives and friends or from the hospitals in our constituencies of the ravages which overindulgence in that product can provoke.
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Rightly or wrongly, they believe that that is due to overindulgence in artificial manures by the farmers who are able thus to secure very high yields.
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It is no good claiming success and prosperity one moment, and the following month telling the people of the serious inflationary tendencies which have been brought about through overindulgence.
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He cut off his right forefinger in remorse after failing a mission, which cost a righteous hero's life, because of his overindulgence in fine cuisine.
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He shunned strong drink and tobacco and found it difficult to tolerate overindulgence in alcohol.
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The phrase is not derogatory but conveys a sense of overindulgence.
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What emerges is evidence of an unsettling trend toward recklessness and overindulgence which most students regard with ambivalence.
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One way to miss the mark is overindulgence, whereby we tolerate what we ought not tolerate.
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They highlighted those aspects of gluttony and overindulgence and juxtaposed them with impoverished characters.
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He argues against overindulgence in food and in favour of good table manners.
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