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词汇 extravagant
释义

extravagant

adjective
/ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/
/ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/
  1. spending a lot more money or using a lot more of something than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈的;挥霍的;铺张浪费的
    • I felt very extravagant spending £200 on a dress.我觉得花 100 英镑买一条连衣裙太奢侈了。
    • She's got very extravagant tastes.她有很奢侈的嗜好。
    • extravagant with something Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, in view of the low rainfall this year.鉴于今年降雨量少,居民被告诫不得浪费用水。
    • I go to that restaurant for lunch if I'm feeling extravagant.如果我想奢侈一下,就去那家餐馆吃午餐。
    • You mustn't be so extravagant with other people's money.你不应该如此大手大脚地花别人的钱。
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • particularly
    • very
    • wildly
    preposition
    • with
  2. costing a lot more money than you can afford or is necessary过于昂贵的
    • 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。
    Topics Moneyc1
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • particularly
    • very
    • wildly
    preposition
    • with
  3. (of ideas, speech or behaviour想法或言行) very extreme or impressive but not reasonable or practical无节制的;过分的;放肆的;不切实际的 synonym exaggerated
    • the extravagant claims/promises of politicians政客的夸大其词/不切实际的承诺
    • I was embarrassed by all the extravagant praise I was getting.我被我得到的所有过分的赞扬弄得很尴尬。
    • He had the extravagant gestures and loud voice of an actor.他有演员那种夸张的手势和洪亮的嗓音。
  4. 词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.
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