An indulgent person is willing to let someone — very often a child, but also a partner, a student, or a friend — do or have what they want, even when it is not good for them.

An indulgent personindulgent 的人 is willing to let someone願意讓某人 — very often a child最常見的是小孩, but also a partner, a student, or a friend但也可能是伴侶、學生或朋友 — do or have what they want做或擁有他們想要的東西, even when即使 it is not good for them那對他們並不好.

An indulgent grandparent says yes to another sweet. An indulgent teacher lets the noise go on.

An indulgent grandparentindulgent 的祖父母 says yes to another sweet會答應再給一顆糖. An indulgent teacherindulgent 的老師 lets the noise go on會放任吵鬧繼續下去.

The word can sound warm (kind, soft, not strict) or like a warning (too soft, spoiling the child), and the sentence around it usually tells you which. It is milder than cruel or weak; it sits next to spoiling, though actually spoiling is what the behaviour does, and indulgent is the soft, allowing attitude behind it.

The word這個詞 can sound warm可以聽起來很溫暖 (kind, soft, not strict親切、柔軟、不嚴格) or像 like a warning警告 (too soft, spoiling the child太過寬鬆、把小孩寵壞), and而 the sentence around it周圍的句子 usually tells you which通常會告訴你是哪一種. It is它比 milder than cruel or weak比 cruel 或 weak 都溫和; it sits next to靠近 spoilingspoiling這個詞, though actually雖然其實 spoiling is what the behaviour doesspoiling 指的是這個行為造成的結果, and而 indulgentindulgent 則是 is the soft, allowing attitude behind it背後那種柔軟、放任的態度.

You can also be indulgent toward yourself, but this sense is mainly about how you treat someone else.

You can also be indulgent你也可以對自己 toward yourself很 indulgent, but但 this sense這個意思 is mainly about how you treat someone else主要是講你怎麼對待別人.