1. 奢侈;鋪張;浪費 Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
e.g. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance... 嚴重的管理不善和資金浪費 e.g. When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry. 公司破產(chǎn)后,有關(guān)他鋪張浪費的種種傳聞傳遍了整個(gè)行業(yè)。
2. 奢侈品 An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
e.g. Her only extravagance was horses... 她唯一的奢侈品就是馬。 e.g. Why waste money on such extravagances? 為什么把錢(qián)浪費在這些奢侈品上呢?
extravagance英英釋義
noun
1. excessive spending
Synonym: prodigalitylavishnesshighlifehigh life
2. the trait of spending extravagantly
Synonym: prodigalityprofligacy
3. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
e.g. we were surprised by the extravagance of his description