"we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"
1.奢侈;铺张;浪费
extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
e.g. ...gross mismanagement and financialextravagance...
严重的管理不善和资金浪费
e.g. When the company went under, tales of hisextravagance surged through the industry.
公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
2.奢侈品
Anextravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
e.g. Her onlyextravagance was horses...
她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
e.g. Why waste money on such extravagances?
为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？
1.
1. 奢侈：extrauterine 子宫外的 |extravagance 奢侈 | extravagancy 浪费
2. 过度：extraterrestrial 外星人 |extravagance 过度 | extravaganza 狂言
3. extravagance
3. 奢侈, 铺张, 过度, 放纵的言行：hemangiopericytoma 血管外皮细胞瘤 |extravagance 奢侈, 铺张, 过度, 放纵的言行 | receptor of radiation 辐射探测器
4. extravagance什么意思
4. 奢侈,浪费：extraordinary 离奇的;使人惊奇的 |extravagance 奢侈,浪费 | extravagant 奢侈的;过度的
去剧院看戏是我们唯一的奢侈享受。
the extravagance of Strauss's music施特劳斯音乐作品的富丽堂皇
...gross mismanagement and financial extravagance...严重的管理不善和资金浪费
When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
Her only extravagance was horses...她唯一的奢侈品就是马。
Why waste money on such extravagances?为什么把钱浪费在这些奢侈品上呢？
The guardian read his ward a sermon on his extravagance.监护人严词申斥被监护人挥霍浪费.
extravagance has eaten up his inheritance.他挥霍无度,耗尽了他所继承的财产.
It's the last extravagance we'll be able to indulge in this year.这是我今年所能买的最后一件奢侈品.
They do not know extravagance is a bad thing.他们不知道奢侈是一件坏事.
My father cursed me for this extravagance.我父亲责骂我浪费.
Fourth, there is a certain degree of extravagance.四是有点奢.
Church decoration extravagance, display a number of Venice, from the Constantinople Crusaders looted booty.教堂装饰极尽奢华之能事, 陈列了许多威尼斯的十字军从君士坦丁堡掠夺来的战利品.
His income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.他的收入不允许他生活奢侈.
extravagance and wastage are generally results of people's appetites for enjoyment and indulgence.各种奢侈浪费现象大多是人们追求享受、放纵欲望造成的.
That coat is an extravagance you can't afford.那件大衣是昂贵的东西,不是你买得起的.
Sponging and taking more than one's share and extravagance and waste on the part of cadres must be banned.杜绝干部多吃多占和铺张浪费.
Something in her responded to his extravagance and his exuberant manner.她的内心有什么东西为他的豪放热忱的风度所感染.
' What an extravagance! I suppose you broke it off. '“ 多么奢侈 啊 !我猜想是你提出分手的. ”
Lavishment , ostentation and extravagance, banquet, all these are to fulfill personal selfish desire, power and battle.浪费, 排场, 宴会都是来满足个人的私欲, 权力和斗争.
His wife's extravagance soon bankrupted him.他妻子的奢侈生活很快就使他破产了.
The government is waging a campaign against waste and extravagance.政府正在开展一场反对铺张浪费的运动.
He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.他总是责怪妻子奢侈浪费.
Mr. Pearson's income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.皮尔逊先生的收入不允许他过奢侈的生活.
The heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes.人们不谨慎的慷慨以及突发奇想的奢侈都可能会浪费财富.
A true love is what doesn't forfor extravagance forand moreover for hokum.真正的爱情是不讲究热闹、不讲究排场、不讲究繁华,更不讲究噱头.
extravagance and waste are already a serious problem in production, construction, circulation or consumption.当前,无论是生产 、 建设 、 流通还是消费领域,都存在严重铺张浪费的现象.
During the orderly voting, the mission did indeed look like an extravagance.在有秩序的投选过程中, 非洲考察这项任务的确看起来是多此一举.
His extravagance drained all his fortune.他挥霍无度,过着金迷纸醉的生活,耗尽了他的财产.
We must combat extravagance and waste.我们必须反对铺张浪费.
A doctrine of that extravagance from the sage principles of piety.
出自：Milton
