extravagance

extravagance
noun
  1. [mass noun]lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources
    奢侈,铺张,挥霍
    his reckless extravagance with other people's money.
    他对别人钱财的大肆挥霍。
    ■[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。
    ■excessive elaborateness of style, speech, or action
    (式样、言辞或行为的)过于奢华;过度
    the extravagance of the decor.
    装饰的过于奢华。
派生
extravagancy
noun
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- 'diverging greatly', from the verb extravagari (see extravagant)
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