extravagance

英 [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns]

美 [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns]

n.  奢侈; 挥霍; 铺张浪费; 奢侈品; 富丽堂皇; 豪华; 奢华

复数：extravagances　

GREIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13942 / COCA.17144

牛津词典

noun

• 奢侈；挥霍；铺张浪费
  the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary
• 奢侈品
  something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary
  1. Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
     去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
• 富丽堂皇；豪华；奢华
  something that is impressive or noticeable because it is unusual or extreme
  1. the extravagance of Strauss's music
     施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 奢侈;铺张;浪费
  Extravaganceis the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
  1. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance...
     严重的管理不善和资金浪费
  2. When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
     公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
• N-COUNT 奢侈品
  Anextravaganceis something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
  1. Her only extravagance was horses...
     她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
  2. Why waste money on such extravagances?
     为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？

英英释义

noun

• excessive spending
  Synonym:prodigalitylavishnesshighlifehigh life
• the trait of spending extravagantly
  Synonym:prodigalityprofligacy
• the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
  1. we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
  Synonym:extravagancy

双语例句

• His wife ′ s extravagance soon bankrupted him.
  他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
• Why waste money on such extravagances?
  为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？
• He has been used to extravagance.
  他是大手大脚过惯了的。
• His extravagance drained all his fortune.
  他挥霍无度，过着金迷纸醉的生活，耗尽了他的财产。
• It's the last extravagance we'll be able to indulge in this year.
  这是我今年所能买的最后一件奢侈品。
• The quality of being extravagant. We can't do with such extravagance and waste.
  浪费，铺张奢侈的性质我们不能容忍这种铺张浪费。
• We must oppose the practice of extravagance.
  我们必须反对铺张浪费的做法。
• Economy the poor man's mints; extravagance the rich man's pitfall.
  节约是穷人的造币厂，浪费是富人的陷阱。
• The great evil of inflation is largely the result of government extravagance and waste.
  通货膨胀这一大灾难主要是政府奢侈浪费所造成的后果。
• I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
  我宁可我的人民笑我的节省，也不愿让他们为我的奢侈而哭泣。