| 单词 | extravagant |
| 释义 | extravagant (once / 307 pages) adj Extravagant is an adjective that means expensive, excessive, and over the top. A modest chandelier in your dining room is normal. But crystal-studded walls and gold-plated goblets? That's a bit extravagant. If you’re prone to lavish behavior or spending, you’re extravagant. It’s an adjective associated with extremes, sometimes even to the point of absurdity. Fees at a bank can be extravagant, and so can a person who insists on drinking only bottled French mineral water out of a golden chalice. Remember that the only ‘e’ is at the beginning — the remaining three vowels are all ‘a.’ WORD FAMILYextravagant: extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantest, extravagantly+/extravagance: extravagances/extravagancy: extravagancies USAGE EXAMPLESNow let’s look at some synonyms for extravagant: Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Johnson’s assertion, for instance, that the extravagant draper’s shops of early 18th-century London “helped create the industrial revolution” is intriguing but not wholly convincing. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) David Johansen, headlines a roster of downtown personalities at the second annual Surrealist Art Ball, an event that welcomes extravagant costuming. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj recklessly wasteful Syn prodigal, profligate, spendthrift wasteful tending to squander and waste 2adj unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings extravagant praise Syn excessive, exuberant, overweening unrestrained not subject to restraint |
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