extravagance
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英 [?k'str?v?g(?)ns; ek-]
美[?k'str?v?ɡ?ns]
- n. 奢侈，浪費；過度；放肆的言行
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詞態變化
復數:?extravagances;
助記提示
1. extra- "outside" + vag- + -ance.
2. => wander outside or beyond.
3. => excessive, extreme; wasteful, lavish.
2. => wander outside or beyond.
3. => excessive, extreme; wasteful, lavish.
英文詞源
- extravagance (n.)
- 1640s, "an extravagant act," from French extravagance, from Late Latin extravagantem (see extravagant). Specifically of wasteful spending from 1727. Meaning "quality of being extravagant" is from 1670s. Extravagancy, "a wandering," especially "a wandering from the usual course," is attested from c. 1600, now rare.
雙語例句
- 1. Her only extravagance was horses.
- 她唯一的奢侈品就是馬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
- 去劇院看戲是我們唯一的奢侈享受。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.
- 他總是責怪妻子奢侈浪費.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Mr. Pearson's income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
- 皮爾遜先生的收入不允許他過奢侈的生活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. His extravagance explains why he is always in debt.
- 他揮霍無度,難怪總是欠債.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》