| 单词 | lavish |
| 释义 | lavish (lævɪʃ ) Word forms: lavishes , lavishing , lavished 1. adjective If you describe something as lavish, you mean that it is very elaborate and impressive and a lot of money has been spent on it. ...a lavish party to celebrate Bryan's fiftieth birthday. He staged the most lavish productions of Mozart. The sets and costumes are lavish. Synonyms: grand, magnificent, splendid, lush lavishly adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...the train's lavishly furnished carriages. 2. adjective If you say that spending, praise, or the use of something is lavish, you mean that someone spends a lot or that something is praised or used a lot. Critics attack his lavish spending and flamboyant style. The book drew lavish praise from literary critics. Synonyms: extravagant, wild, excessive, exaggerated 3. adjective If you say that someone is lavish in the way they behave, you mean that they give, spend, or use a lot of something. American reviewers are lavish in their praise of this book. [+ in] He was always a lavish spender. Synonyms: generous, free, liberal, bountiful lavishly adverb [ADVERB with verb] Entertaining in style needn't mean spending lavishly. 4. verb If you lavish money, affection, or praise on someone or something, you spend a lot of money on them or give them a lot of affection or praise. Prince Sadruddin lavished praise on Britain's contributions to world diplomacy. [V n + on/upon] The emperor promoted the general and lavished him with gifts. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: shower, pour, heap, deluge Collocations: lavish interior More than 170 hours go into trimming the lavish interior. The Sun The pictures, inset right, show the lavish interior of an identical villa nearby. The Sun During the hotel's existence, it contained 1,000 rooms, 100 private baths, a lavish interior, electric lights and fireproof construction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its famously lavish interior was entirely gutted and replaced. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Extensive and lavish interior decoration was carried out between 1875 and 1900. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I'm not a flagrant spender on a lavish lifestyle, although some people would probably disagree with that. Times, Sunday Times They will have to earn phenomenal sums of money to fund the lavish lifestyle to which they are accustomed. The Sun I had spent a lot of money on my lavish lifestyle but still had quite a bit left. The Sun Where did he get that from and why are we funding his lavish lifestyle? The Sun He said he had relied on the generosity of family and friends to fund his lavish lifestyle since going bankrupt in 1992. The Sun She lavished love, care and, most importantly, discipline on me. The Sun She built a new life as a homemaker, spending her days lavishing love on me and my two younger brothers. Times, Sunday Times They would have lavished love on the little one and given her the best possible start in life. The Sun They didn't have a great deal of money and never owned their own home, but it didn't matter because they lavished love and support on me. Times, Sunday Times Daisy makes up for this void by lavishing love on the family she has. Times, Sunday Times Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save pennies? Times, Sunday Times Guests were treated to a lavish meal of roasts and curry. ST The two enjoyed a lavish meal followed by fine cigars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was put up in luxury hotels and treated to lavish meals in gourmet restaurants. Times, Sunday Times Procurement cards, which in effect are corporate credit cards for council employees, were regularly used to buy lavish meals. Times, Sunday Times He has been praised for respecting the club's history and for cultivating existing talent, rather than lavishing money on new players. Times, Sunday Times When they lavished money on elite sport, they were not being frivolous; they were attempting to demonstrate national superiority. Times, Sunday Times She told how staff compensated for a lack of therapy sessions by lavishing money on patients to keep them entertained. The Sun This has badly affected its banking sector, especially the regional cajas, which lavished money on residential developments during the years of easy money. Times, Sunday Times His management of the economy was at best mixed: lavishing money on social programmes while stoking an inflationary spiral that would contribute to his undoing. Times,Sunday Times Some 300 guests attended the lavish party on the 17th-century, 1,000-acre estate. Times, Sunday Times They were treated to a lavish party which was still going on yesterday. The Sun Is it quite strange being at a lavish party one day and then digging tomatoes the next? The Sun So a lavish party looks bad. Mail and Guardian It's the most lavish party prep ever. The Sun He would never criti-cise a poor ride, but equally he would never lavish praise for an excellent one. The Sun With a puppy bought during lockdown it could be a few seconds in another room, followed by treats and lavish praise. Times,Sunday Times Keep him or her sweet with lavish praise but make sure no means no. The Sun By lowering standards, it led to students who felt entitled to lavish praise, regardless of where they finished, or how hard they had worked. Times, Sunday Times It was first published in 2011 to lavish praise, and has now been updated and reissued. Times,Sunday Times The lavish production, however, cannot make up for the sluggish storytelling. Times, Sunday Times Taking nearly three years to make, it was a lavish production for its time and ran over budget. Times, Sunday Times Backed by lavish production complete with soaring strings, every song sounds like it could be a potential chart-topper. The Sun Some beardy critics may look down on them but cinema-goers lap up their lavish production and enjoy the fact bundles of cash have been thrown at making them. The Sun Details of the extravaganza are sketchy, but the hour-long performance consists of tracks old and new, each promised to be 'a visual experience for viewers with lavish production values'. Times, Sunday Times And yesterday around 100 guests attended the service and 250 people went to a lavish reception nearby. The Sun They had planned a modest ceremony - but now have their sights set on a lavish reception for family and friends. The Sun It cited information from a party planner who claimed to be bidding to organise the lavish reception. Times, Sunday Times He provided a lavish reception for which he was subsequently compensated by council. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She favored her simple rural attire even when attending the most lavish receptions, and would immediately deflect any praises directed at her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a lavish set, evoking horror but garnished with knowing references to imply a joke in there somewhere. Times, Sunday Times A lavish set, beautiful costumes, fine performances and impassioned renditions of some of the best songs in musical-theatre history. Times, Sunday Times This will be a huge tour, complete with a lavish set, full band and team of dancers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These films, which featured lavish set designs, promoted conservative values and respect for authority, and thus typically avoided the scrutiny of government censors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In all the amazing, lavish sets, with hundreds of extras, we're left with an emptiness about what we're supposed to feel. Times, Sunday Times The programme promises to bring us 'lavish spending, multiple party reveals and jaw-dropping drama'. Times, Sunday Times In 2008 and 2009, despite lavish spending on players, they delivered results as poor as any major league team in the past 34 years. Times, Sunday Times There will be no lavish spending this summer. Times, Sunday Times Television money has bankrolled a sport infamous for its lavish spending and plethora of multimillionaires. Times, Sunday Times That may largely be down to his lavish spending on every needy cause. Times,Sunday Times Her paper, which celebrated her birthday with a lavish spread, asked if she wanted to halt her column. Times,Sunday Times Rather than the lavish spread previously provided at press conferences, journalists had to make do with a few stale buns left from the analysts' presentation. Times, Sunday Times The question was: how could a small-town police chief afford such a lavish spread? Times, Sunday Times This year's lavish spread, including caviar parfait dusted with 24-carat gold, was cooked by 300 chefs and served by 600 waiters. Times, Sunday Times Even a lavish spread costs just 100 rupees (1.15) a head. Times, Sunday Times Their lavish wedding was held in 1981 and the couple divorced in 1996. The Sun The aim was to create the most lavish wedding possible with no expense spared. The Sun If he did get a cut-price deal, the saving wouldn't have been to finance a lavish wedding reception. Times, Sunday Times Couples are throwing lavish wedding banquets, travellers are filling up trains and planes, and students - 242 million of them - have returned to schools. Times,Sunday Times Will lavish wedding plans be made more than once? The Sun Translations: Chinese: 盛大奢华的, 盛大奢华的 Japanese: ぜいたくな, 惜しみなく与える |
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