His only extravagance (=the only expensive thing he bought) was fine wine.
他唯一的奢侈品是美酒。
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extravagant• Natureabhors the superfluous, yet is constrained to produce the seemingly extravagant.• The Conservatives, on the other hand, protect the counties and suspect the great urbanauthorities of being extravagant.• Van Jong's personal life was notably extravagant.• Extravagant claims have been made for some herbalremedies including the curing of baldness.• The extravagant claims made were more significant for what they anticipated than for what could then be accomplished.• An extravagantcollection of activities centered on the family shrine, as the sweetscent of incensehovered placidly above us.• When the air became more thickly populated, such extravagant forms disappeared.• Yet, as I said, you are not extravagant, I am.• If anything, we were too extravagant in the late 1980s when money was rolling in - we took everything for granted.• $400 on a dress! That's a bitextravagant, isn't it?• extravagant marketing claims• Rich and extravagantparents are spending more and more money on their children's parties.• Hundreds, thousands, and not one of them with sufficientimagination to try a really extravagantswindle.• The gifts, though not extravagant, were nice.
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