1·A child is owed a father, and any woman who is unable or unwilling to provide one is making a self indulgent, selfish choice to conceive a child.
孩子需要父亲,任何不能为孩子保证一个父亲的妇女如果怀上孩子,那么她是做了一个任性、自私的选择。
2·Never be so self-indulgent.
切莫宽纵自己。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·But even by the Tory party’s standards, this week’s antics were staggeringly self-indulgent: pointless, confected—and dangerous.
与之极为相似,果敢地表达自己的疑欧主义观点,这成了很多保守党议员人生的一个重大跨越。 但本周保守党的古怪行为,即使按照他们自己的标准,也算得上自我放任过度:这些做法可以说漫无目标、生编硬造而且充满风险。
4·When they realize this, most people acknowledge they cannot be quite so self-indulgent and grasp the opportunity to broaden their skill set.
人们意识到这一点后,他们大都认识到自己不能那么随心所欲,并抓住了拓展知识面的机会。
5·Well, after 20 weeks on the road I'm now about halfway through my journey so, at the risk of being self-indulgent, here goes.
好吧,我骑车旅行已经有20个星期,路程也差不多过半了,我就冒着自我放纵的风险来写一下吧。
6·But if enough good ones do, it stops being a self-indulgent choice, because the center of gravity of Silicon Valley will shift there.
但是如果很多好的创业公司都这么做,就不再是个奢侈的标志了,因为硅谷的吸引力就将转移到那里去了。
7·Some thought the mood was merely a self-indulgent vacation from the real world, even an orgy of narcissism on a national scale.
一些人认为这种情绪不仅仅属于在现实世界一个假期的放纵,而是更趋近于整个国家范围内的自我陶醉。
8·I told her to stop being lazy, cowardly, self-indulgent and pathetic.
我告诉她抛开懒惰,懦弱,停止放任自己和扮可怜相。
9·If only there was some short, shallow, self-indulgent way to express my horror.
如果有什么简短的、浅显的、自恋的方式让我表达我的恐惧就好了。
10·During the Bubble that was a predictor of failure-a self-indulgent choice, like buying expensive office furniture.
在网络泡沫的年代,这种近似奢侈的选择就像花大钱装修办公室一样是失败的前兆。