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

• 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。
• 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。
• Sponging and taking more than one's share and extravagance and waste on the part of cadres must be banned.
  杜绝干部多吃多占和铺张浪费。
• 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。
• We must oppose the practice of extravagance.
  我们必须反对铺张浪费的做法。
• Such extravagance will surely put him in Queer Street.
  这种奢侈一定会使他陷入经济上的困境。
• His wife ′ s extravagance soon bankrupted him.
  他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
• The fortune he inherited gradually dwindled to a few hundred pounds as the result of his extravagance.
  由于挥霍无度，他继承的那一笔钱财逐渐减少到只有几百英镑了。
• Extravagance and vanity had made him coldhearted and selfish.
  放荡和虚荣使他变得残忍自私。
• Extravagance will be a problem.
  铺张浪费将会是个大问题。