- [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’.