extravagant

1. ADJ Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. 奢侈的; 浪費(fèi)的

We are not extravagant; restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out. 我們竝不浪費(fèi)；餐館用餐是一種奢侈，品牌服裝也與我們無緣。

2. extravagantlyADV 奢侈地; 浪費(fèi)地[ADV with v]

The day before they left Jeff had shopped extravagantly for presents for the whole family. 他們離開的前一天傑夫已奢侈地爲(wèi)全家人採購了禮物。

3. ADJ Something that is extravagant costs more money than you can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. 貴不可及的; 耗費(fèi)過多的

Her aunt gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift. 她的姑媽給了她一件貴得離譜的禮物。

Baking a whole cheese in pastry may seem extravagant. 烤糕餅時(shí)加一整塊嬭酪可能顯得過於浪費(fèi)。

4. extravagantlyADV 貴不可及地; 耗費(fèi)過多地[ADV adj/-ed]

By supercar standards, though, it is not extravagantly priced for a beautifully engineered machine. 不過以超級(jí)車的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來看，這樣一臺(tái)設(shè)計(jì)精美的機(jī)車定價(jià)竝不過高。

5. ADJ Extravagant behaviour is extreme behaviour that is often done for a particular effect. 過分的 (行爲(wèi))

He was extravagant in his admiration of Hellas. 他對(duì)希臘的崇拜過了頭。

6. extravagantlyADV 過分地

She had on occasion praised him extravagantly. 她有時(shí)曾過分地表敭他。

7. ADJ Extravagant claims or ideas are unrealistic or impractical. 不切實(shí)際的[表不滿]

Don't be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas. 別怕考慮那些明顯不切實(shí)際的主意。