wallowing

英 [ˈwɒləʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɑːloʊɪŋ]

v.  (为保持凉爽或嬉戏在烂泥、水里)打滚，翻滚; 沉湎; 放纵
wallow的现在分词

复数：wallowings　现在分词：wallowing　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉溺（于不快的境况）
  If you say that someoneis wallowing inan unpleasant situation, you are criticizing them for being deliberately unhappy.
  1. His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity...
     他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。
  2. I wanted only to wallow in my own grief.
     我只想沉湎于自己的悲伤中。
• VERB (在水或泥浆中)躺卧，打滚
  If a person or animalwallows inwater or mud, they lie or roll about in it slowly for pleasure.
  1. Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths...
     我从来没找到过如此好的理由，可以美美地泡个热水澡。
  2. Dogs love splashing in mud and hippos wallow in it.
     狗喜欢在泥水洼里扑腾，河马则喜欢在其中打滚撒欢儿。

双语例句

• I wish she'd do something to help herself instead of just wallowing in self-pity!
  我希望她能做点自助自救的工作，而不要只沉湎于自哀自怜中。
• Don't dwell on gentle township tunes, don't spend wallowing in west window when the candle feast.
  莫要沉迷温柔之乡的小调，莫要留恋西窗共度时的烛光盛宴。
• He in fact became their prisoner, wallowing in their applause.
  他实际上成了它们的俘虏，沉湎于一片赞美声中。
• Why are you always wallowing in self-pity? It does no good.
  你为什么总是沉溺于自怜？那没什么好处。
• We watched the hippos wallowing in the mud.
  我们看见河马在泥中打滚。
• They're absolutely wallowing in money, ie very rich.
  他们家资广有（很富有）。
• He came to this country without a penny, but after only a few years, he's already wallowing in money and property.
  他来到这个国度时，身无分文。但是仅仅几年之后，他已拥有大量的钱财。
• It may take time, it may be incremental, but people don't like wallowing in misery.
  或许这是一个缓慢、渐进的过程，但总比一直在痛苦中煎熬要好得多。
• It is no longer the Dark Continent in continual economic free fall, wallowing in debt, poverty and disease.
  它也不再是经济像自由落体那样下滑的黑暗大陆，不再沉溺于债务、贫穷和疾病。
• The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
  狗所吐的，它又转过来吃；猪洗净了，它又会到泥里去滚。