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extravagance n.铺张浪费；奢侈品；富丽堂皇 (1) 他的挥霍无度使他常常负债。(2) 他挥霍无度，耗尽了他所继承的财产。(3) 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。(4) 他最近有的奢侈品是一件手工缝制的丝绸衬衫。 Money is usually the subject when people talk about extravagance, although the word can also mean having too much of something, whether it's anger or flowery wallpaper. In Latin, the root word extravagari means "wander outside or beyond," and originally extravagance was used to describe something that was unusual — "wandering outside" the norm. It wasn't until the 1700s that the word became associated specifically with spending too much money.

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英 [ɪk'strævəɡəns] 美 [ɪk'strævəɡəns] (1) His extravagance kept him always in debt.(2) Extravagance has eaten up his inheritance.(3) My father rather gave me snuff about my extravagance, but I was prepared for that.(4) His latest extravagance is a hand-made silk shirt. Use the noun extravagance when you're talking about something that's over the top, especially when it comes to spending money. Ordering a $500 hamburger for dinner would be an extravagance. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]奢侈；铺张；浪费 Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance...严重的管理不善和资金浪费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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]奢侈品 An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford. Her only extravagance was horses...她唯一的奢侈品就是马。Why waste money on such extravagances?为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？

英语单词	extravagance
英美音标	英 [ɪk'strævəɡəns] 美 [ɪk'strævəɡəns]
中文释义	n.铺张浪费；奢侈品；富丽堂皇
英语例句	(1) His extravagance kept him always in debt. (2) Extravagance has eaten up his inheritance. (3) My father rather gave me snuff about my extravagance, but I was prepared for that. (4) His latest extravagance is a hand-made silk shirt.
中文例句	(1) 他的挥霍无度使他常常负债。 (2) 他挥霍无度，耗尽了他所继承的财产。 (3) 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。 (4) 他最近有的奢侈品是一件手工缝制的丝绸衬衫。
vocabulary简明	Use the noun extravagance when you're talking about something that's over the top, especially when it comes to spending money. Ordering a $500 hamburger for dinner would be an extravagance.
vocabulary扩展	Money is usually the subject when people talk about extravagance, although the word can also mean having too much of something, whether it's anger or flowery wallpaper. In Latin, the root word extravagari means "wander outside or beyond," and originally extravagance was used to describe something that was unusual — "wandering outside" the norm. It wasn't until the 1700s that the word became associated specifically with spending too much money.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]奢侈；铺张；浪费 Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance... 严重的管理不善和资金浪费 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]奢侈品 An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford. Her only extravagance was horses... 她唯一的奢侈品就是马。 Why waste money on such extravagances? 为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？

Extravagance Money Spending Word Afford 英 ɪk'strævəɡəns] 美 ɪk'strævəɡəns