[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
mid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- 'diverging greatly', from the verb extravagari (see extravagant)