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　

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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

• 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。
• What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off.
  多么奢侈啊！我猜想是你提出分手的。
• In some places, rich people ask others to cry in funerals for waste and extravagance.
  在一些地方，有钱人请人代为哭丧，是为了讲排场，摆阔气。
• 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 wife ′ s extravagance soon bankrupted him.
  他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
• 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。
• Celebrations can smack of complacency, laziness, extravagance and self-indulgence.
  庆祝可能带有自满、懒散、挥霍和自我放纵的意味。
• 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。
• Her only extravagance was horses
  她唯一的奢侈品就是马。