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

• What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off.
  多么奢侈啊！我猜想是你提出分手的。
• Why waste money on such extravagances?
  为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？
• 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。
• We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
  我们对亏欠铺张一些东西，因为节俭和奇遇很少走在一起。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We must oppose the practice of extravagance.
  我们必须反对铺张浪费的做法。
• 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。