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

• Please stop floundering about and think of something to do. And again we were wallowing in the swell.
  你别到处晃来晃去的，想点儿事做。而我们又在摇摆颠簸中晃来晃去。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was wallowing in mortification.
  他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚。
• Its OK to initially express anger and frustration, but wallowing in feelings of unfairness or blame will make them feel worse and wastes their energy.
  刚开始表达出自己的愤怒和沮丧情绪也无可厚非，但如果一味沉溺在不公正感中，或一味责备的话，不仅会让自己情绪更低落，还白白浪费了精力。
• We watched the hippos wallowing in the mud.
  我们看见河马在泥中打滚。
• I missed the days when they were as attached to me as Rebekah's little girls were to her. That does not mean we should not face up to our deficiencies, but facing up means moving forward, not wallowing in the past.
  我留恋过去的一些日子，那时他们像丽贝卡的小女孩们依恋妈妈一样依恋着我。这也不意味我们不去面对自己的缺点，但面对缺点是要前进，不是要留恋过去。
• The pigs were wallowing in the dirt as usual.
  这些猪像往常一样正在泥淖中打滚。