fleshpots, muumuu, gratification

西洋人把先苦後樂，稱為“Delaying Gratification”，是最重要的“紀律”要求，也是EQ修練要項：據說，具備先抗拒當前美食誘惑而“稍後”再享受的本事，是“成功”的要件。所 以你要是能在吃蛋糕時，最後再享受cream,或是能先吃飯，再享受菜，那你“真行”，比較有可能成大器。

      In an age of instant gratification, people want to be accomplished musicians without investing the long hours and painstaking effort required to learn the theory, to become adept at reading sheet music, and to master a chosen instrument.

Los Angeles, for all its fleshpots and enchantments, was experienced as a cultural antithesis to nostalgic memories of Pre-facist Berlin r Vienna.



A Terrorist in a Fleshpot Before Bidding Farewell to the Flesh
By JANET MASLIN
This novel compiles what is already known about the Florida-based hijackers of 9/11 without envisioning much else.

fleshpots

Syllabification: (flesh·pots)

Pronunciation: /ˈfleSHˌpäts/

Definition of fleshpots

noun

• places providing luxurious or hedonistic living:he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris

Origin:

early 16th century: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3)

以色列子民向他們說：「巴不得我們在埃及國坐在肉鍋旁，有食物吃飽的時候，死在上主的手中! 你們領我們到這曠野裏來，是想叫這全會眾餓死啊! 」

上主向梅瑟說：「看，我要從天上給你們降下食物，百姓要每天出去收斂當日所需要的，為試探他們是否遵行我的法律。

fleshpot
n.

1. A district or an establishment offering sensual pleasures or entertainment. Often used in the plural.
2. Physical or sensual gratification.

 muu·muu (mū'mū')
n.
A long loose dress that hangs free from the shoulders.

[Hawaiian mu'umu'u, cut off, muumuu, from reduplication of muku, to cut off.]

gratification

Syllabification: (grat·i·fi·ca·tion)

Pronunciation: /ˌgratəfiˈkāSHən/

Translate gratification | into Italian

noun

• pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire:a thirst for sexual gratification
• a source of pleasure.