extravagance
/ɪkˈstrævəgəns/noun
mass noun
1- lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources奢侈, 铺张; 浪费:
his reckless extravagance with other people's money.
他对别人钱财的大肆挥霍。
1.1
- count noun a thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources奢侈品, 奢华物:
salmon trout is an unnecessary extravagance.
鳟鱼是一种不必要的奢侈品。
1.2
- excessive elaborateness of style, speech, or action(风度、言谈或行为的)过于讲究; 过度:
the extravagance of the decor.
装饰的过于考究。
派生词
extravagancy
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- 'diverging greatly', from the verb extravagari(see EXTRAVAGANT).