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

• 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。
• 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。
• His wife ′ s extravagance soon bankrupted him.
  他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
• He would have been criticised for recklessness, extravagance and amateurism.
  人们会批评他太鲁莽、太浪费、太业余。
• We must oppose the practice of extravagance.
  我们必须反对铺张浪费的做法。
• His income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
  他的收入不允许他生活奢侈。
• 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。
• Extravagance and vanity had made him coldhearted and selfish.
  放荡和虚荣使他变得残忍自私。
• 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。