1.At 2 hours and 30 minutes, the play can sometimes seem indulgent; parts of the story feel undigested and perhaps indigestible.
英：[ɪnˈdʌldʒənt]
美：[ɪnˈdʌldʒənt]
in·dul·gent
ihn duhl jnt
indulgently (adv.)
词根：indulgent
adv.indulgently 溺爱地；放任地
n.indulgence 嗜好；放纵；纵容；沉溺
adjective
indulging or being inclined to indulge others' wishes rather than declining them, or rather than enforcing discipline or strictness in general.Hard-working students resented the more indulgent teachers.Our grandmother was indulgent with us because she couldn't bear to see us unhappy.He was more indulgent toward his son than toward his daughter, whom he gave little freedom.
allowing and accepting where others might be critical or unaccepting (usu. fol. by "of").I felt him to be indulgent of his own mistakes while being critical of mine.She knew she should scold the children, but she tended to be indulgent of their bad behavior.
kind, tolerant, luxurious
"宽容的，愿意宽恕过错"，常常带有贬义，意为"过于宽容"，大约在1500年左右，源自拉丁语 indulgentem（主格 indulgens）"仁慈的，温柔的，喜欢的"，是 indulgere 的现在分词，意为"善良，顺从，屈服"（见 indulgence）。相关词汇： Indulgently。
Latin indulgent-, indulgens, present participle of indulgēre
The first known use of indulgent was in 1509
industrializeverb
to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
industrialistnoun
an owner or manager of an industry : manufacturer
industrialadjective
of, relating to, or engaged in industry
having highly developed industries
an industrial nation
coming from or used in industry
industrial diamonds
induratedadjective
having become firm or hard indurated clay
indurated tissue
indulgeverb
to give in to one's own or another's desires : humor
indulged their grandchildren's whims
to allow oneself the pleasure of having or doing something
decided to indulge in ice cream
indulgentadjective
indulging or showing indulgence : lenient
an indulgent parent
indulgentadjective
indulging or showing indulgence : lenient
an indulgent parent
1.At 2 hours and 30 minutes, the play can sometimes seem indulgent; parts of the story feel undigested and perhaps indigestible.
2.She has never been the overly indulgent type: I remember my fiery outrage at having to go to school despite "feeling sick".
3.To the considerable anger of these neighbors, he positioned himself as the bemused and indulgent teacher of big-city professor types.
4.The overall rating for Transylvania was a lofty A-minus; kids and females gave it an even more indulgent “A.”
5.Some say the cause is overly indulgent parenting, while others claim it is overly demanding parenting.
6.The Court began insisting that federal judges defer more to state court rulings, which tended to be more indulgent of errors and defects in capital proceedings.
7.Set in 1931 Berlin, “Cabaret” centers on the world of the indulgent Kit Kat Klub as it becomes intertwined with the world outside, which gets more precarious on the brink of World War II.
8.“As an actor, you can get really indulgent,” she said.
9.A few months ago their live show was sloppy and indulgent, with trippy wig-outs taking precedence over the big melodies of their record.
10.“His children did much as they pleased. Many of their antics he approved, and he restrained them in nothing. . . . He was the most indulgent parent I have ever known,” Herndon wrote.
11.There is one up-tempo song, “Baby Boo,” which nods to the Atlanta bass classic “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJ’s as she and the rapper Saweetie engage in indulgent praise of their partners.
12.“Instead of embracing the weighty moral, religious and political components of the story, Malick has alternately deflected and minimized them,” the Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy wrote, describing it “desperately indulgent”.
13.Her indulgent sense of herself as grittily real can’t allow her to acknowledge the sea of privilege in which she swims.
14.We've got beautiful, indulgent meals in there, but just the right percentage of them.
15.Their four-figure price felt indulgent, and he hesitated to buy them.
16.For Diaz, theater is clearly part of that process; the slightly indulgent acting class sequences engage in some affectionate if too easy satire.
17.Kubrick is taking aim at the powers-that-be, unable to effectively contain the problems in their midst, alternating between quasi-fascist social control and absurdly indulgent liberalism.
18.But what made it stand out was a sophisticated understanding of how pop music functions as sensory overload and emotional release, culminating in a finale that was a gratuitous, indulgent, loud explosion of pure joy.
19.The Soviet Union was once famed for its particularly thick and indulgent ice cream since the state regulated its production in the 1950s, demanding that only fresh produce be used with strictly no chemical interference.
20.Investment in this kind of research may seem indulgent, particularly in a recession.
在这种研究上投入资金似乎是败家之举, 尤其是在经济萧条时期.
