extravagance
常考释义
1.[u]奢侈;挥霍;铺张浪费the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary
2.[c]奢侈品something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary
Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
3.[c][u]富丽堂皇;豪华;奢华something that is impressive or noticeable because it is unusual or extreme
the extravagance of Strauss's music施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇
It got to the point where I got bored with fire works and got tired of the expense of such extravagance .
渐渐地,我开始讨厌烟花,并且厌恶那种奢侈的开销。
With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich, I fancy, as he affects to be.
他尽管很神气,爱讲排场,但我觉得他并不象他装的那么有钱。
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生活奢侈。
To such straits was he reduced by his extravagance that he took to begging.
他因为挥霍浪费而弄到这般境地,竟然开始要起饭来。
It was the dressing-room, laid out with all the articles of toilet, in which the dead woman's extravagance seemed to be seen at its height.
那是间化妆室,放着所有梳妆用品,从这点看来这已死女人的奢侈已经到了极顶。
Again, this extravagance was partly responsible for the collapse: trees were used for making plaster with which to decorate their temples.
此外,这个无比壮观的建筑物也要为玛雅的失落负部分责任:树木被用来制造装饰庙宇的灰泥。
The old gentleman began to caper and dance about his Hall, and by many other antic actions, to express the extravagance of his joy.
这位老乡绅竟然在大厅里手舞足蹈起来,并且还用其他许多滑稽动作来表示他的狂喜。
You know, some people would say that buying a CD, even a bootlegged one, is an extravagance.
你知道,有些人会说,现在买一盘碟片,即使非法制造的,也是一种奢侈。
Its luxury far exceeded the level of economic development, its extravagance and waste to act dido extent, the wind must not be long.
其豪华奢侈远远超过了经济发展水平,其铺张浪费到了妄为胡闹的程度,此风绝不可长。
Late in life he married a second time, a Stockholm woman who goaded him into every sort of extravagance.
在他的晚年,和一个斯德哥尔摩的女人第二次结了婚。这个女人唆使他过着一种奢侈放荡的生活。
But if Cancer turns critical, especially about Libra's extravagance, Libra will start looking elsewhere. The connection is possible.
但是,一旦巨蟹变得挑剔,特别是对于天秤的放纵,天秤们就会开始找下家了。
I really do not know where my habits of extravagance came from.
我实在无从知道我奢侈浪费的习惯是打哪儿来的。
In those years, the rich people's extravagance was that everyday was a Spring Festival.
那年月,有钱人是天天过年。
Her feeling of opposition to Sir Willoughby pushed her to this extravagance .
她反对威洛比爵士的情感催促她说出了这种夸大其词的话。
I was ready to supply you with money to pay Bill after Bill, extravagance after extravagance, to risk what occurred yesterday. . .
我随时准备给钱让你一次一次地还账,一桩一桩地挥霍,担当昨天那种风险…
By encouraging government extravagance, destroy its credit, produce years of inflation with rising prices and general discontent.
通过鼓励政府铺张浪费毁坏其信用,造成物价上涨、通货膨胀和普遍的不满。
Franzen's main extravagance is watching birds, a hobby he took up after The Corrections.
看鸟是弗兰岑主要的奢侈行为。这一爱好是他写完《纠正》后培养起来的。
In an era of extravagance and wastefulness , I hope to be able to show the world, human things that really need very modest.
在一个奢华浪费的年代,我希望能向世界表明,人类真正需要的东西使非常之微少的。
To see all the nation and family of past, The extravagance causes failure and success comes from thrift.
历览前贤家与国,成由勤俭败由奢。
He does not believe that America is going to fundamentally change its values from extravagance to thrift.
他不相信美国人会根本性地改变价值观,从奢华走向节约。
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