1ADJ-GRADED 奢侈的;铺张的;浪费的 Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. 奢侈的;铺张的;浪费的
We are not extravagant; restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out.
我们并不铺张浪费:下馆子是一种奢侈,也不会考虑买名牌衣服。
I hope you don't think I'm extravagant but I've had the electric fire on for most of the day.
我几乎一整天都开着电热炉,希望你不会觉得我很浪费。
extravagantly
Jeff had shopped extravagantly for presents for the whole family.
杰夫花了很多钱为全家人买礼物。
2ADJ-GRADED 价格过高的;昂贵的;奢侈的 Something that is extravagant costs more money than you can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. 价格过高的;昂贵的;奢侈的
Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift.
萨莉姨妈送给她一件贵得离谱的礼物。
Baking a whole cheese in pastry may seem extravagant.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, seem奢侈;感覺奢侈;似乎浪費◇I go to that restaurant for lunch if I'm feeling extravagant.如果我想奢侈一下,就去那家餐館吃午餐。➤become變得奢侈ADVERB➤particularly, very, wildly格外/非常/極端奢侈◇He had a wildly extravagant lifestyle.他的生活窮奢極侈。➤rather, somewhat有幾分鋪張▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些奢侈PREPOSITION➤with在⋯方面奢侈◇You mustn't be so extravagant with other people's money.你不應該如此大手大腳地花別人的錢。
extravagant ♦︎ wasteful ♦︎ lavishThese words all describe sb/sth that costs or uses too much money.这些词均表示奢侈的、挥霍的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆extravagant / lavish with sth◆extravagant / wasteful / lavish expenditure◆the extravagant / wasteful / lavish use of sth◆extravagant / wasteful consumption◆an extravagant / a lavish gift / present / lifestyle■extravagant ɪkˈstrævəgənt (sometimesdisapproving) spending a lot more money or using a lot more of sth than you can afford or than is necessary; costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary奢侈的;挥霍的;过于昂贵(或浪费)的◆I felt very extravagant spending £500 on a dress.我觉得花500英镑买一条连衣裙太奢侈了。◆She has very extravagant tastes.她有很奢侈的嗜好。◆He bought us all these extravagant presents he couldn't really afford.他给我们买了这些他根本无力支付的昂贵礼物。▸extravagance
noun
[uncountable, countable] ◆Such extravagance is shameful when there are people starving in the world.世界上还有人在挨饿,这样挥霍太可耻了。◆Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看演出是我们唯一的奢侈享受。■wasteful (disapproving) using more of sth than is necessary; not saving or keeping sth that could be used浪费的;挥霍的◆The whole process is wasteful and inefficient.整个过程既浪费,效率又低。◆This system is wasteful of time and energy.这个系统浪费时间和能源。 see also waste ⇨ wasteverb■lavish ˈlævɪʃ large in amount, or impressive, and usually costing a lot of money大量的;给人印象深刻的;耗资巨大的◆He willingly accepted their lavish hospitality.他很高兴地接受了他们的盛情款待。◆a lavish dining room豪华的餐厅