extravagance

noun

1. 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. 奢侈品
   something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary
   1. Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.
      去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
3. 富丽堂皇；豪华；奢华
   something that is impressive or noticeable because it is unusual or extreme
   1. the extravagance of Strauss's music
      施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇

1. N-UNCOUNT 奢侈;铺张;浪费
   Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
   1. ...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance...
      严重的管理不善和资金浪费
   2. When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
      公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
2. N-COUNT 奢侈品
   An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
   1. Her only extravagance was horses...
      她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
   2. Why waste money on such extravagances?
      为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？

1. When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
   公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
2. Her only extravagance was horses
   她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
3. Why waste money on such extravagances?
   为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？
4. His income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
   他的收入不允许他生活奢侈。
5. Sponging and taking more than one's share and extravagance and waste on the part of cadres must be banned.
   杜绝干部多吃多占和铺张浪费。
6. His extravagance drained all his fortune.
   他挥霍无度，过着金迷纸醉的生活，耗尽了他的财产。
7. He has been used to extravagance.
   他是大手大脚过惯了的。
8. In some places, rich people ask others to cry in funerals for waste and extravagance.
   在一些地方，有钱人请人代为哭丧，是为了讲排场，摆阔气。
9. 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过奢侈的生活。
10. Economy the poor man's mints; extravagance the rich man's pitfall.
    节约是穷人的造币厂，浪费是富人的陷阱。
11. Extravagance will be a problem.
    铺张浪费将会是个大问题。
12. We must oppose the practice of extravagance.
    我们必须反对铺张浪费的做法。
13. We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
    我们对亏欠铺张一些东西，因为节俭和奇遇很少走在一起。
14. Antique porcelain, an extravagance we should have resisted;
    古董瓷器这种我们应该抵制的奢侈品；
15. 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。
16. Well-a little extravagance now and again do not do harm. I like taking you to nice place.
    这个－偶尔奢侈一下是无妨的。我喜欢带你到讲究的地方来。
17. I would rather have my people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance.
    我宁可我的人民笑我的节省，也不愿让他们为我的奢侈而哭泣。
18. What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off.
    多么奢侈啊！我猜想是你提出分手的。
19. He would have been criticised for recklessness, extravagance and amateurism.
    人们会批评他太鲁莽、太浪费、太业余。
20. A propensity to extravagance [ for gambling] to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
    奢华[赌博]的癖好以奢侈的方式或达到奢侈的程度。
21. The quality of being extravagant. We can't do with such extravagance and waste.
    浪费，铺张奢侈的性质我们不能容忍这种铺张浪费。
22. Extravagance and vanity had made him coldhearted and selfish.
    放荡和虚荣使他变得残忍自私。
23. Extravagance ate up his inheritance.
    奢侈耗尽了他所得之遗产。
24. His wife ′ s extravagance soon bankrupted him.
    他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了。
25. It's the last extravagance we'll be able to indulge in this year.
    这是我今年所能买的最后一件奢侈品。
26. The great evil of inflation is largely the result of government extravagance and waste.
    通货膨胀这一大灾难主要是政府奢侈浪费所造成的后果。
27. Celebrations can smack of complacency, laziness, extravagance and self-indulgence.
    庆祝可能带有自满、懒散、挥霍和自我放纵的意味。
28. Such extravagance will surely put him in Queer Street.
    这种奢侈一定会使他陷入经济上的困境。
29. Chocolate is my greatest extravagance.
    巧克力是我最大的奢侈品。
30. The fortune he inherited gradually dwindled to a few hundred pounds as the result of his extravagance.
    由于挥霍无度，他继承的那一笔钱财逐渐减少到只有几百英镑了。

noun

1. excessive spending

   Synonym:    prodigalitylavishnesshighlifehigh life

2. the trait of spending extravagantly

   Synonym:    prodigalityprofligacy

3. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
   1. we were surprised by the extravagance of his description

   Synonym:    extravagancy