Antibiotics work against bacteria, not viruses, yet patients who press their doctors to prescribe them for viral infections such as colds or influenza are seldom harmed by their self-indulgence.

抗生素只对细菌起作用，而非病毒。虽然那些因病毒感染而患上感冒或流感的病人经常要求医生给他们开抗生素，但他们很少因为这一放纵行为受太大影响。

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No wonder, then, that they resent seeing the fruits of their own self-denial being used to pay for everyone else's self-indulgence.

毫无疑问，他们不希望看到通过他们自我牺牲取得的成就为其他所有人的放纵行为买单。

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Their self-indulgence could tear holes in evenings, marriages, families.

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It's certainly true that postcards retain that personal touch missing from many blogs and group emails, which can sometimes feel like an exercise in self-indulgence with their reams of text and scores of pictures detailing the minutiae of Jeff's diving holiday in Ecuador.

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