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单词 extravagance
释义
extravagance
noun
uk
/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns/us
/ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡəns/
[U]
behaviourin which youspendmoremoneythan you need to:
奢侈，铺张
Ithinkshe wasshockedby my extravagance.我想，我太铺张了，她一定感到很震惊。
[C]
somethingexpensivethat youbuyeventhough you do not need it:
奢侈品，奢华物
Perfume is mygreatestextravagance.香水是我最大的奢侈品。
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Paying money
Buying
Expensive & luxurious
(Definition ofextravagancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

extravagance| American Dictionary

extravagance
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪkˈstræv·ə·ɡəns/
thepracticeofspendingmoremoneythan isnecessaryorreasonable, or something that isexpensiveand notnecessary:
[C]In thosedays, a secondcarseemedlike aneedlessextravagance.
(Definition ofextravagancefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Under the new formula, what we have to find out is the actual cost, excluding extravagances, of the actual building.
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What are the extravagances upon which those authorities expend their scarce resources?
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Throughout the whole education system there are probably a great number of extravagances which might be looked at and done away with.
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There is now an overwhelming record of admitted extravagances and mistakes, and doubtless there are many of which we are still unaware.
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I am aware of certain cases where we have been able to check serious extravagances so far as our powers enable us to do so.
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Even when we have cut out these extravagances, it is not going to be easy to get these 500,000 houses.
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Another objection might be that it is too late to take such a drastic step, and that we cannot redeem our past extravagances.
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They commit many extravagances within their small area.
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One may prune any extravagances that one may find and curtail marginal matters.
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In the past we have bailed out extravagances.
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Are there perhaps expensive extravagances and gross inefficiencies resulting in large amounts of financial waste?
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I also draw attention to some of the extravagances that we tolerate in the public sector.
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All these extravagances and follies are coming home to roost.
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When people in local government who are playing their part see the extravagances of the few they wonder why they should bother.
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We not merely exposed many extravagances, but we prevented many schemes coming to fruition which would have involved the country in vast expenditure.
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