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。
• Well-a little extravagance now and again do not do harm. I like taking you to nice place.
  这个－偶尔奢侈一下是无妨的。我喜欢带你到讲究的地方来。
• A propensity to extravagance [ for gambling] to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
  奢华[赌博]的癖好以奢侈的方式或达到奢侈的程度。
• What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off.
  多么奢侈啊！我猜想是你提出分手的。
• Antique porcelain, an extravagance we should have resisted;
  古董瓷器这种我们应该抵制的奢侈品；
• He has been used to extravagance.
  他是大手大脚过惯了的。
• Her only extravagance was horses
  她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。