- [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 购买如此昂贵的衣服纯粹是奢侈
- [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 - [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
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.