英语词典 · 单词释义
extravagance
英 [ɪk'strævəg(ə)ns; ek-] 美 [ɪk'strævəɡəns]
这里集中整理“extravagance”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 奢侈，浪费；过度；放肆的言行
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复数: extravagances;
助记提示
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.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Her only extravagance was horses.
- 她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
- 去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.
- 他总是责怪妻子奢侈浪费.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Mr. Pearson's income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
- 皮尔逊先生的收入不允许他过奢侈的生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. His extravagance explains why he is always in debt.
- 他挥霍无度,难怪总是欠债.
来自《简明英汉词典》