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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My father rather gave me snuff about my extravagance, but I was prepared for that.
  我父亲对我的铺张浪费大加谴责，不过我早就有了思想准备。
• 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。
• 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。
• His income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
  他的收入不允许他生活奢侈。
• 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。
• 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。