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extravagance

noun
🔊/ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/
🔊/ɪkˈstrævəɡəns/
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  1. [uncountable] the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈；挥霍；铺张浪费
    • 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。
    • the sheer extravagance of buying such expensive clothes买这么贵的衣服太奢侈了
  2. [countable] something that you buy although it costs a lot of money, perhaps more than you can afford or than is necessary奢侈品
    • Going to the theatre is our only extravagance.去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。🔊🔊
  3. [countable, uncountable] something that is impressive or likely to attract attention because it is unusual or extreme富丽堂皇；豪华；奢华
    • the extravagance of Strauss’s music施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇
    4. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.