单词:extravagance
n. the trait of spending extravagantly
n. excessive spending
考试类型:[GRE]
extravagance的用法和样例:
例句
- His extravagance kept him always in debt.他的挥霍无度使他常常负债。
- Extravagance has eaten up his inheritance.他挥霍无度,耗尽了他所继承的财产。
- My father rather gave me snuff about my extravagance, but I was prepared for that.我父亲对我的铺张浪费大加谴责,不过我早就有了思想准备。
- Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
- His latest extravagance is a hand-made silk shirt.他最近有的奢侈品是一件手工缝制的丝绸衬衫。
经典引文
A doctrine of that extravagance from the sage principles of piety.
出自:Milton
- prodigality浪费
- profligacy放荡
- lavishness浪费
- wastefulnesswasteful的名词形...
- indulgence沉溺 放纵 嗜好...
- excessiveness过度
- luxury奢侈品
- exorbitance过度
- excess超过
- immoderateness无节制
- unreasonableness无理性
- shower淋浴
- outrageousness残暴
- inordinatenessinordinate的名...
- absurdity荒谬
- overspending动词overspend的...
- folly愚蠢
- nonessential非本质的
- overindulgence过度放纵
- treat对待
- extra额外的
- highlife强节奏爵士舞曲...
- high life上流社会的生活,上流社会...
- extravagancy浪费
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