- [uncountable]
the act or habit of spending more money than you can afford or than is necessary 奢侈;揮霍;鋪張浪費 Such extravagance is shameful when there are people starving in the world. 世界上還有人在挨餓,這樣揮霍太可恥了。 the sheer extravagance of buying such expensive clothes 購買如此昂貴的衣服純粹是奢侈
- [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 富麗堂皇;豪華;奢華 the extravagance of Strauss’s music 施特勞斯音樂作品的富麗堂皇
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.