Indulge

Definition

indulge / Çn'dʌldʒ / v ၁။ ~ in sth (က) အရသာေတြ႕သည္။ indulge in gossip / speculation / daydreams ❍ indulge in one's favourite pastime. (ခ) က်ဴးလြန္သည္။ indulge in profiteering / telephone tapping. ၂။ ေမြ႕ေလ်ာ္သည္ (သို႔) အလိုလိုက္သည္။ indulge one's passion for opera / the theatre ❍ She indulges his every whim. ၃။ ~ oneself / sb ( with sth ) အလိုလိုက္သည္ (သို႔) ေမြ႕ေလ်ာ္ သည္။ indulge one's grandchildren ❍ Let's indulge ourselves with a bottle of champagne. ❑ indulgent / -ǝnt / adj ၁။ (က) အလိုလိုက္ေသာ။ indulgent parents. (ခ) မ်က္ႏွာသာေပးေသာ။ လိုက္ေလ်ာ ေသာ။ an indulgent smile. ၂။ ခြင့္လႊတ္ေသာ။ take an indulgent view of the play. See also SELF-INDULGENT ❑ indulgently adv : laugh indulgently.

Examples

1. [indulge in] : An opportunity to indulge in leisure activities like reading
2. [indulge yourself (in something)] : Indulge yourself – come on a gourmet food weekend.
3. [indulge a passion/taste/interest] : The new job gave him the chance to indulge his passion for music.
4. He loves his wife and indulges his sons.
5. It’s part of her agent’s job to indulge her whims.
6. Many people feel that their holiday is the time to indulge.
7. [indulge in] : He had indulged in affairs with several women.