extravagance
extravagance 英 [ɪkˈstrævəgəns] 美 [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns]
n. 奢侈,浪费;过度;放肆的言行
名词复数:extravagances
- Use the noun extravagance when you're talking about something that's over the top, especially when it comes to spending money. Ordering a $500 hamburger for dinner would be an extravagance.
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- n. 奢侈,浪费;过度;放肆的言行
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1. extravagance ends in want.
奢侈最终导致贫困。
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2. It conveys wealth and extravagance.
它诠释出财富和奢侈。
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3. To the business executives and sponsors who complain that a PMO represents an extravagance or unnecessary overhead, we should ask, "How lucky do you feel today?
对抱怨PMO代表了浪费和不必要的企业支出的商业执行官和发起人,我们应该问 "你今天觉得有多幸运?
- extravagance (n.) 1640s, "an extravagant act," from French extravagance, from Late Latin extravagantem (see extravagant). Specifically of wasteful spending from 1727. Meaning "quality of being extravagant" is from 1670s. Extravagancy, "a wandering," especially "a wandering from the usual course," is attested from c. 1600, now rare.
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