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

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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

• Chocolate is my greatest extravagance.
  巧克力是我最大的奢侈品。
• 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。
• Extravagance will be a problem.
  铺张浪费将会是个大问题。
• 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。
• Antique porcelain, an extravagance we should have resisted;
  古董瓷器这种我们应该抵制的奢侈品；
• His income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
  他的收入不允许他生活奢侈。
• What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off.
  多么奢侈啊！我猜想是你提出分手的。
• He has been used to extravagance.
  他是大手大脚过惯了的。
• 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。