[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]奢侈的；铺张的；浪费的 Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable.
We are not extravagant； restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out...
我们并不铺张浪费：下馆子是一种奢侈，也不会考虑买名牌衣服。
I hope you don't think I'm extravagant but I've had the electric fire on for most of the day.
我几乎一整天都开着电热炉，希望你不会觉得我很浪费。
extravagantly
Jeff had shopped extravagantly for presents for the whole family.
杰夫花了很多钱为全家人买礼物。
2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]价格过高的；昂贵的；奢侈的 Something that is extravagant costs more money than you can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable.
Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift...
萨莉姨妈送给她一件贵得离谱的礼物。
Baking a whole cheese in pastry may seem extravagant.
烤点心时加一整块奶酪似乎太奢侈了。
...her extravagant lifestyle.
她奢侈的生活方式
extravagantly
By supercar standards, though, it is not extravagantly priced for a beautifully engineered machine.
然而以豪华跑车的标准看，设计如此精美的汽车价格并不算太高。
3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极端的；过分的Extravagant behaviour is extreme behaviour that is often done for a particular effect.
He was extravagant in his admiration of Hellas...
他极度向往希腊。
They may make extravagant shows of generosity.
他们可能会表现得过于慷慨。
extravagantly
She had on occasions praised him extravagantly.
有时候她过分夸赞他。
...extravagantly bizarre clothes.
过分怪异的衣服
4
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]离谱的；不切实际的Extravagant claims or ideas are unrealistic or impractical.
[usu ADJ n]
[disapproval]
They have to compete by adorning their products with ever more extravagant claims...
他们不得不通过更加离谱地吹捧自己的产品来进行竞争。
Don't be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas.
要勇于考虑一些貌似离谱的想法。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]精美的；令人赞叹的Extravagant entertainments or designs are elaborate and impressive.
[usu ADJ n]
...the wildest and most extravagant London parties.
伦敦最狂野、最美妙的聚会
...painting extravagant and bold designs onto wooden frames.
在木框架上绘制一些精美而又大胆的图案
extravagantly
The day before announcing his farewell to business, Sir James talked to me in his extravagantly elegant Paris home.
在宣布退出商界的前一天，詹姆斯爵士在他位于巴黎的极为雅致的家中和我谈了话。
Oxford
ex·trava·gant/ɪkˈstrævəɡənt; NAmEɪkˈstrævəɡənt/adjective1spending a lot more money or using a lot more of sth than you can afford or than is necessary 奢侈的；挥霍的；铺张浪费的◆I felt very extravagant spending £100 on a dress.我觉得花 100 英镑买一条连衣裙太奢侈了。◆She's got very extravagant tastes.她有很奢侈的嗜好。◆Residents were warned not to be extravagant withwater, in view of the low rainfall this year. 鉴于今年降雨量少，居民被告诫不得浪费用水。2costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary 过于昂贵的◆an extravagant present昂贵的礼物3(of ideas, speech or behaviour 想法或言行)very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical 无节制的；过分的；放肆的；不切实际的SYN
1spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you can afford: Would it be too extravagant to buy both? an extravagant lifestyle2doing or using something too much or more than is necessaryextravagant with Don’t be too extravagant with the wine. an extravagant display of loyalty3if someone makes extravagant claims, promises etc, they make big claims or promises that are not true or real: extravagant claims about the drug’s effectiveness4very impressive because of being very expensive, beautiful etc: extravagant celebrations—extravagantly adverb—extravagance noun [countable, uncountable]: the extravagance of the Royal Palace His only extravagance (=the only expensive thing he bought) was fine wine.
WDF
extravagant
[ɪkˈstrævəgənt]
CET6TEM4考研IELTS
j10652
1440
137
378
388
306
231
ADJ13141
31878
Spoken:
98801555
奢侈的(58%)，浪费的(22%)，过度的(17%)，大量的(3%)
adj.奢侈的；浪费的；过度的；放纵的
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