extravagance

US [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns]
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  • n.奢侈；铺张浪费；挥霍；奢侈品
  • Web过度；挥霍无度；奢侈挥霍
Plural Form：extravagances  

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

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Definition:
AllAll,奢侈奢侈,铺张浪费铺张浪费,挥霍挥霍,奢侈品奢侈品,过度过度,挥霍无度挥霍无度,奢侈挥霍奢侈挥霍
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1.
It got to the point where I got bored with fire works and got tired of the expense of such extravagance .
渐渐地，我开始讨厌烟花，并且厌恶那种奢侈的开销。
jiàn jiàn de , wǒ kāi shǐ tǎo yàn yān huā , bìng qiě yàn wù nà zhǒng shē chǐ de kāi xiāo 。
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2.
With all his conceit and extravagance he is not so rich, I fancy, as he affects to be.
他尽管很神气，爱讲排场，但我觉得他并不象他装的那么有钱。
tā jǐn guǎn hěn shén qì , ài jiǎng pái chǎng , dàn wǒ jué de tā bìng bù xiàng tā zhuāng de nà me yǒu qián 。
3.
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生活奢侈。
pí ěr xùn xiān sheng de shōu rù bù yǔn xǔ tā shēng huó shē chǐ 。
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4.
To such straits was he reduced by his extravagance that he took to begging.
他因为挥霍浪费而弄到这般境地，竟然开始要起饭来。
tā yīn wèi huī huò làng fèi ér nòng dào zhè bān jìng dì , jìng rán kāi shǐ yào qǐ fàn lái 。
5.
It was the dressing-room, laid out with all the articles of toilet, in which the dead woman's extravagance seemed to be seen at its height.
那是间化妆室，放着所有梳妆用品，从这点看来这已死女人的奢侈已经到了极顶。
nà shì jiān huà zhuāng shì , fàng zhe suǒ yǒu shū zhuāng yòng pǐn , cóng zhè diǎn kàn lái zhè yǐ sǐ nǚ rén de shē chǐ yǐ jīng dào le jí dǐng 。
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6.
You know, some people would say that buying a CD, even a bootlegged one, is an extravagance.
你知道，有些人会说，现在买一盘碟片，即使非法制造的，也是一种奢侈。
nǐ zhī dào , yǒu xiē rén huì shuō , xiàn zài mǎi yī pán dié piàn , jí shǐ fēi fǎ zhì zào de , yě shì yī zhǒng shē chǐ 。
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7.
Its luxury far exceeded the level of economic development, its extravagance and waste to act dido extent, the wind must not be long.
其豪华奢侈远远超过了经济发展水平，其铺张浪费到了妄为胡闹的程度，此风绝不可长。
qí háo huá shē chǐ yuǎn yuǎn chāo guò le jīng jì fā zhǎn shuǐ píng , qí pū zhāng làng fèi dào le wàng wéi hú nào de chéng dù , cǐ fēng jué bù kě cháng 。
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8.
Late in life he married a second time, a Stockholm woman who goaded him into every sort of extravagance.
在他的晚年，和一个斯德哥尔摩的女人第二次结了婚。这个女人唆使他过着一种奢侈放荡的生活。
zài tā de wǎn nián , hé yī gè sī dé gē ěr mó de nǚ rén dì èr cì jié le hūn 。 zhè ge nǚ rén suō shǐ tā guò zhe yī zhǒng shē chǐ fàng dàng de shēng huó 。
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9.
But if Cancer turns critical, especially about Libra's extravagance, Libra will start looking elsewhere. The connection is possible.
但是，一旦巨蟹变得挑剔，特别是对于天秤的放纵，天秤们就会开始找下家了。
dàn shì , yí dàn jù xiè biàn de tiāo tī , tè bié shì duì yú tiān chèng de fàng zòng , tiān chèng men jiù huì kāi shǐ zhǎo xià jiā le 。
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10.
I really do not know where my habits of extravagance came from.
我实在无从知道我奢侈浪费的习惯是打哪儿来的。
wǒ shí zài wú cóng zhī dào wǒ shē chǐ làng fèi de xí guàn shì dǎ nǎ er lái de 。
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