| 单词 | self-gratification |
| 例句 | So, self-assertion and self-gratification win approval rather than disdain. Please Give warns the well-off they can never be good 2010-06-21T10:44:00Z Curious, I took out my phone to see how the speech had been received on the right: sure enough, the presence of Madonna had been portrayed as a typical example of the left’s celebrity-centric self-gratification. A Spiritual March on Washington 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z "Nick's really lovely and restores your faith in 'celebrity'; someone who is talented and humble and in no way out for self-glory or self-gratification," he said. Nick Park denies plugging friend Joe Rose's music on Desert Island Discs 2010-12-27T20:24:09Z The air of self-gratification can infect the staff, too, which sometimes shows more interest in the games or in going home than in serving customers. Here come the BonChon imitators 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Judge Harold Rothwax observed that Steinberg was “a man of extraordinary narcissism and self-involvement” who had “an extreme need to control everyone in his ambit” while he lived a “life of self-gratification.” Donald Trump is always the victim, but never to blame 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Like clockwork, the Academy rides into the year on a tide of self-gratification, and, with a few exceptions, the results are unlovely. The Fossilized 2020 Oscar Nominations 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z It will examine the pathology of power in the service of self-gratification and self-protection — from the law and from accountability. ‘Untouchable’ Review: A Documentary of the Harvey Weinstein Case 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Because the whole thing is in that movie: self-gratification is the only moral principle. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He was quickly on to the understanding of a new sort of society, obsessed with money, celebrity and self-gratification. Justin Cartwright's top 10 state of the nation novels 2011-03-09T12:02:52Z The proprietor, Decio Raddi, whose grandmother founded the place, showed me to my table overlooking the water, where I settled in for what I knew would be a full afternoon of maritime self-gratification. An Adriatic Feast on the Italian Coast 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z But deliberately severing your corpus callosum seems like an extreme length to go to for momentary self-gratification. 50 Shades of Grey matter: the psychology of sexual arousal 2012-08-08T12:01:00Z Then again, pretty much everything she does is an act of self-sabotage, even when it’s in the name of self-gratification. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Selin understands these categories as the difference between devoting oneself to the societally condoned goals of making money and having kids versus freely pursuing self-gratification through love, art and adventure. Elif Batuman’s Alter Ego Goes Back to College. Her Minor: Overthinking. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Mayer, 32, currently the subject of a Rolling Stone cover story detailing his physical and material self-gratification, topped the U.S. pop chart last November with his fourth album "Battle Studies." 2010-01-27T05:36:00Z But is this provocation for the sake of self-gratification, as the old guard would have it? Three Kingdoms: the shape of British theatre to come? 2012-05-16T13:35:29Z The vote Wednesday was a monumental exercise in political self-gratification. Column: For Adam Schiff, censure is a gift from House Republicans 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z In the end, history mat note it was the compulsive need for self-gratification that ultimately soured the most zealous of the Trump Republicans. A storm is coming: It might sweep Trump and the GOP into history's dustbin 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Because there is no license to hurt people as punishment or release or whatever self-gratification you were after. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She regrets telling partner sex with her ex was better 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the move would stop women being "pestered, whether it's for self-gratification or for harassment purposes". Taking picture of breastfeeding mother in public to be made illegal in England and Wales 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z But then there’s the more alarming version of the free-standing, celebrity president — a demagogue who preys on divisions, an aspiring autocrat whose self-gratification eclipses all public good. Opinion | What will history say about Trump? 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Each violation of the rules — which, by the way, also bar self-gratification — brings a fine, starting at $3,000 for a kiss. 'I just need to keep it in my pants': 'Too Hot to Handle's Francesca tells all 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Some cultures, such as the United States, Mexico and Chile, tend to permit and promote self-gratification. Perspective | How different cultures shape children’s personalities in different ways 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Dancers of all colours gyrate in front of the image of French pomp, Imperial arrogance and self-gratification: The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine. A frame-by-frame breakdown of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new video 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z They may not use his particular cover and cast pitiless self-gratification as a healing touch. Opinion | Larry Nassar Is a Familiar Monster 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z “There’s a lot of self-gratification in helping people. I can’t believe people send us thank-you notes for something we get paid to do.” More funeral directors needed in Oklahoma 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z I think you do a significant amount of positive things for our players in terms of providing interest for fans, as well as a lot of positive self-gratification for the things that they do. Alabama's Nick Saban talks inspiration from Don James, promotion of Steve Sarkisian 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z With the exception of disease-related obesity, this sort of weight gain is the triumph of self-gratification over self-discipline. Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don’t See Past the Fat 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z “What we try to do with our players is be very technical about the things that they did well and get them positive self-gratification with those things,” Saban said recently. Alabama Is Hard on Opponents. On Itself, Even Harder. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “It refers to those aspects of well-being that transcend immediate self-gratification and connect people to something larger,” she said. A Better Kind of Happiness 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z But Rihanna, pop’s great maven of self-gratification, is a known loner, and she flouts that kind of reciprocal identity all the time. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The party’s new leader offered no struggle more onerous than self-gratification. Hi-de-Hi with Jeremy Corbyn 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Christie’s id – which lurks under the surface with the depth and subtlety of a lurid red salami beneath one layer of Saran wrap – operates on a default playground-bully level of self-gratification, self-aggrandizement and opponent-punishment. The only person who really loves Chris Christie ... is Chris Christie | Jeb Lund 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z In other words, the researchers claimed, noble purposes are “healthier” than self-gratification. Maybe self-gratification produces more happiness than accomplishment You just act for your own immediate self-gratification. Dad: I’m Going To Keep Calling My Daughter Bossy 2014-03-17T15:17:11Z The second, known as hedonic well-being, is happiness as the result of “consummatory self-gratification” or happiness not associated with a purpose but rather a response to a stimulus or behavior. A Fascinating Look at 2 Types of Happiness 2013-07-30T17:20:49Z Whenever self-gratification is the law of action, there is pure selfishness, whatever the character or direction of the impulse may be. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z To be sure, the economy of Internet self-gratification is thriving. News Analysis: The Internet Gets Physical 2011-12-17T20:09:31Z The greatest hindrance to getting religion or keeping religion is our own desire for ease, comfort and self-gratification, and our aversion to enduring any hardship or privation or suffering. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z On the morning following the publication and dissemination of the book, Joseph Leveridge lay in bed a little longer than usual, smiling in happy self-gratification at the thought that he had become an author. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Another may have been self-gratification by revisiting well-known scenes; and yet another, beneficence to man by opening for his use a new source of knowledge and wisdom. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z If this is a correct definition, the drunkard is not selfish at all; for he sacrifices his present and future happiness, to gratify a beastly appetite, and destroys present peace in the act of self-gratification. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z Ambition has not self-denial for a mark but self-gratification. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z Nearly everyone has some cause for self-gratification—some little revenue of happiness that makes him resigned to all ordinary conditions of life. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Is it a subtle self-gratification, which seeks to add zest, tone, to our delights by postponing them? The Jonathan Papers When he looked back at his behavior lately, a good deal of it seemed to have been dictated by self-gratification. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He welcomed the undying joy of self-sacrifice, and repudiated the momentary pleasures of self-gratification. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews It offers the obligation of using all wealth as tools and not as means of self-gratification. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity Caring little for personal indulgence, not solicitous for self-gratification, he has both the spirit and the leisure for observation. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance We can get on very comfortably indeed without anything except without a heart which is intent on self-gratification, and which excludes all thought of the wants and woes of the world. Modern Substitutes for Christianity In this soft and luxurious age the popular trend is to self-gratification in all its forms. What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People At bottom it would still be a struggle for individual ends, albeit ennobled individual ends; for self-gratification and self-realization against external difficulty and internal weakness. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism It ministers to self-gratification in this world, and promises manifold more of the same license in the world to come. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It Force was the prime minister, self-gratification the supreme legislator. Christ, Christianity and the Bible The desire for self-gratification, though right and natural to the sense-conscious plane, is yet inimical to attainment of spiritual consciousness. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Or if he devotes himself properly to his vocation he may consume his earnings in current self-gratification. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business He whose ultimate end is self-gratification is always ready to sacrifice the will of God to his own. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors All these benefactions were made in a spirit of mingled charity and self-gratification, but to Mrs. Gerhardt they glowed with but one motive. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel They might feel disposed to give if they had anything to give, but are they willing to deny themselves of some self-gratification in order to have something to give? Heart Talks The rich man in politics, sins for his own self-gratification; the poor man, to better himself or his family, often not comprehending the enormity of his crime. A Man of Two Countries Is man so bent on self-gratification that he will have every sweet, though it be mingled with poison? Select Temperance Tracts As the source of all defilement of the flesh is self-gratification, so self-seeking is at the root of all defilement of the spirit. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Surely greatness does not lie along the line of self-gratification and indulgence. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition All those things that depended on worldly ambition, self-gratification, physical pleasure, conceit, lust, hatred, passion, egotism, selfishness, vanity, avarice, sensuality and so on, are undermined and rendered paralysed by the germ. The Blue Germ And many forms of self-gratification, in no way contributing to either health or profit, would, if what they cost were dedicated to the Lord, make His treasuries overflow. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God He tempts men to the indulgence of appetite or to some other form of self-gratification, and thus benumbs their sensibilities, so that they fail to hear the very things which they most need to learn. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan They seek "soul" realisation in success, in self-gratification, in the applause and passion of the crowd. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends The vigorous energy and fearless determination with which he had in former days pursued sin and self-gratification had now been turned into channels of righteousness. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Like the beast, it knows but one law, and is led by only one motive, self-indulgence, self-gratification. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power I like to see a person obliging from principle, and not merely from impulse: not merely when his being obliging is only another form of self-gratification.” Nearly Lost but Dearly Won Undoubtedly most of the subsequent chroniclers not only speak of his reformation, but broadly state that he had given himself very great licence in self-gratification, and therefore needed to be reformed. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth Well might he feel joy and self-gratification, in thinking that all this was his work, and that he had been the apostle of the greatest event in modern history. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Thus, in the haunts of seclusion and solitary thought our acquirements may only prove availing to ourselves as matters of self-gratification. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The life of the individual, as it unfolds from the first principle, is a question of self-preservation, self-gratification, appetites, desires, pleasures, as full a measure of enjoyment as it is possible to obtain. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post Ah! happiness, he saw, did not consist in self-gratification, but in giving up for others. Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories Her interest in Lutie and her affairs was lost in the contemplation of a reviving sense of self-gratification, long dormant but never quite unconscious. From the Housetops One thing that gives me much peace and joy is that all worldly inducements, all temptations toward self-gratification whatever, are in favor of the Anglican Church and in opposition to the Catholic Church. Life of Father Hecker His passions were violent; as these often obtained the mastery over him, he could not always square his conduct to the obvious line of self-interest, but self-gratification at least was the paramount object with him. The Last Man There is no motive or calculation of self-gratification in the sentiments you have experienced. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post We may possibly ask spiritual blessings for self-gratification; and when we do so, we have no reason to expect that God will bestow them upon us. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister You call self-gratification by the name of love. From the Housetops She came of a race of women to whom self-sacrifice was more natural than self-gratification. By the Light of the Soul A Novel His experience is used to show the result of successful worldliness and self-gratification in contrast with the outcome of the higher wisdom of the Godly life. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books A right which Hartmut Rojanow well understood and illustrated in the exercise of his own unbridled will, which knew no law and no duty, and to which self-gratification was the highest good. The Northern Light But, if their motives were scanned, it would appear that self-gratification is at the bottom of it. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Hence the natural man feels a constant pressure of motives to conduct pleasing to himself; and is thereby borne away on the maddening torrent of self-gratification. The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character The purpose of this book seems to be to show the result of successful worldliness and self-gratification compared with a life of godliness. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods The natural inclination of youth, more prone to self-gratification than to self-denial, would prefer to walk in the latter. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Their quest is self-gratification, to which they sacrifice no matter what. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making That would put an end to any communication between them, provide her with the power of self-gratification which for Essie Scofield spelled forgetfulness.... The Three Black Pennys A Novel She never gave the impression that so many religious women give of going to church in a fever of self-gratification, to which everything and everybody around her must be subordinated. The Altar Steps Doubt grappled with faith; self-gratification with self-restraint; despair with hope; lust with purity; body with soul. The Redemption of David Corson She had made of her life what her desire prompted; and she seemed to suggest now, lying there wrecked and silent, that the end of all self-gratification is in utter weariness of spirit. The Wheel of Life I had taken the beautiful Creole's cynical words seriously, and thought I saw the search for self-gratification everywhere. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Twice she heard him mutter: "An American girl—good Lord," and she found herself smiling to herself—the strange, vagrant smile that comes of wonder and self-gratification. Truxton King A Story of Graustark If the ideal is truly the desire for illumination, and not for self-gratification, the mind will soon learn to distinguish between the lesser and the greater. Cosmic Consciousness This desire became so violent and persistent that she would seek out men in all sorts of public places and, having induced them to expose themselves, rapidly retreat to the nearest convenient spot for self-gratification. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy In my novitiate I was disheartened to find how long it took me to dissociate myself from the contemplative and attach myself to the active form of self-gratification. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion And to tell the truth, no sort of self-gratification could balance for a moment in Daisy's mind the thought of Molly's wearing a crown of gold in heaven. Melbourne House, Volume 2 Again, to neglect a talent that is generally useful for mere ease and self-gratification, can indeed be supposed a universal practice, but can never be wished to be. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Lillie, I feel that it is wrong for us to use wealth merely as a means of self-gratification. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel To murder from ambush might be a measure of expedience, but never one of self-gratification. The Sky Line of Spruce The girls would be glad to have him there, but nothing that either of them could, with propriety, be prompted to say, would draw him into such extravagant self-gratification. The Girl at Cobhurst She had an opportunity now in hand; she would not throw it away; not for any self-gratification. Melbourne House, Volume 2 They are all forms of self-contentment, self-gratification, but the names so disguise them that they distract our attention from the fact. What Is Man? and Other Essays She was there instructed not only in the general facts, but also in methods of self-gratification. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology In his sermon he tried to show what true life is, a finding rest through the yoke of God's service instead of the service of self, and by the cross of self-denial instead of self-gratification. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Men of different habits, indeed, but actuated by the same passions, the same desire of self-gratification. Anna St. Ives He knew that Hamish had not erred from any base self-gratification, but from love. The Channings And that is perfectly natural, the desire and the instinct for self-gratification being one of the few traits that distinguish a man from a beast. Sanine Nothing was more dreaded than spoiling, which was viewed as idle and unjustifiable self-gratification at the expense of the objects thereof. Chantry House Its fascination never slackens, and time never blunts the keen desire of self-gratification which it engenders, while the grip with which it fastens upon us is as fast in old age as in youth. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) In his second view of the family he beholds this strong man turn his back upon this adoring family and walk deliberately forth to self-gratification, leaving them to perish from hunger and grief. Happiness and Marriage Underneath may be a desire for self-gratification, ease, or luxury. How to Live a Holy Life It is a stifling shroud of death, this self-gratification, this insatiable greed, this pride of possession, this insolent alienation of heart. Sadhana : the realisation of life Mrs. Harrington in making overtures of peace to Luke had been prompted by the one consistent motive of her life, self-gratification. The Grey Lady Few persons ever had greater means and opportunities for self-gratification. The True Citizen, How to Become One Never did man burn with such desire for self-gratification. The Fortune of the Rougons Johnson was both surprised and mortified, at being thus convinced of actually spending nearly one-fifth of his entire earnings in self-gratification of one kind or another. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress It is only when we invoke the aid of pain for our self-gratification that she becomes evil and takes her vengeance for the insult done to her by hurling us into misery. Sadhana : the realisation of life All thoughts and actions should be raised to this standard; and the child would raise above the feelings of self-gratification and vanity, and the panting for applause, to the favor and love of God. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper No thoughtful kindness was manifested by any member of the family; but, on the contrary, a narrow regard for self, and a looking to him only to supply the means of self-gratification. The Wedding Guest If he lived on he must live for himself; he must reverse all his rules of conduct; he must fling himself into the life of self-gratification. In the Wilderness I love as I have ever loved, passionately, profoundly; but my love is disinterested, and soars high above all self-gratification. Prince Eugene and His Times Was Lord Mount Severn right, when he accused her of dressing so in self-gratification? East Lynne The habit of self-denial was perhaps being established, but so was the habit of discounting the future, of indulging in wild plans of self-gratification when the ship came in. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) In all these sixty years that I have been in this world, I have seen nothing but selfishness, and grasping after self-gratification. Samuel Brohl and Company Moreover, woman shall further assert her power by refusing to remain the passive instrument of sensual self-gratification on the part of men. The Pivot of Civilization Selfishness leads to self-gratification and pleasure; chastity imposes a burden on desire, and praise and blame are in this instance not powerful enough to control mankind's acts, though powerful enough to influence them. The Foundations of Personality Man did not succeed in driving the snake out of the Garden, but he drove himself out, taking the real old serpent of self-greed and self-gratification with him. Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning |
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