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Lavish Generous Parents Praise Love Lævɪʃ Adj.1.浪费的;2.滥用的 Rich

Front lavish
Pron ['lævɪʃ]
Back 【lavish】
adj.1.浪费的;2.滥用的
Not every rich man is lavish in spending money.
不是每一位富人都滥用金钱。
It is a mistake to lavish kindness on ungrateful people.
对忘恩负义的人太好是错误的。
Vocab
lavishvery generous

Lavish means generous and extravagant as an adjective and to give generously as a verb. If you don't like it when people lavish you with attention, you might appreciate a lavish spread of excellent food instead.

Lavish comes from the Old French lavache meaning "deluge, torrent" referring to rain. When you see it, think of a shower of good things coming down on you as you never use lavish with something bad. Didn't your parents lavish you with praise and love when you were small? With lavish as an adjective, you can rephrase that question like this: Didn't your parents offer you lavish praise and love when you were little?

All forms of 'lavish' will appear on average once every 520 pages.
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