ex·trav·a·gance

noun

/ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/

[uncountable] the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈；挥霍；铺张浪费
- Such extravagance is shameful when there are people starving in the world.世界上还有人在挨饿，这样挥霍太可耻了。
- the sheer extravagance of buying such expensive clothes买这么贵的衣服简直就是奢侈
[countable] something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈品
- Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
[countable, uncountable] something that is impressive or likely to attract attention because it is unusual or extreme富丽堂皇；豪华；奢华
- the extravagance of Strauss’s music施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.

单词	extravagance
释义	ex·trav·a·gance noun /ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/ /ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/ [uncountable] the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈；挥霍；铺张浪费 Such extravagance is shameful when there are people starving in the world.世界上还有人在挨饿，这样挥霍太可耻了。 the sheer extravagance of buying such expensive clothes买这么贵的衣服简直就是奢侈 [countable] something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈品 Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。 [countable, uncountable] something that is impressive or likely to attract attention because it is unusual or extreme富丽堂皇；豪华；奢华 the extravagance of Strauss’s music施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇 Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.
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