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单词 luxurious
释义
luxurious
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adj

The adjective luxurious describes something that is of very high quality or expensive taste, like your luxurious living room filled with the softest rugs and gorgeous furniture hand-crafted in Italy.
In the 14th century, luxurious didn't mean what it does today; it meant "lascivious, lecherous, unchaste." What happened? The invention of bling for one thing, and the rise of a culture that celebrates material pleasures. Today, luxurious translates as exclusive, comfortable, expensive and superior in quality, like a luxurious home featured in a magazine about rich people and their favorite things.
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luxuriant / luxurious

No doubt advertising affects language. Where would we be without the free gift, new and improved, or supersize? (Perhaps writing more grammatically and eating more healthily...) In yet another attempt to reduce English to features and selling points, advertisers often use luxuriant to describe their products or services:

Luxuriant Cracked Heel Repair

Luxuriant Christmas Tree Wallpaper

Miralux Luxuriant Mattress

Problem is luxuriant means lush growth; thick and rich. As in a luxuriant growth of leaves in the spring. What those advertisers really want is luxurious, as in self-indulgent; comfort, elegance, or enjoyment in the extreme:

Mediterranea ... is a luxurious community situated adjacent to the sea, boasting stunning views of the Mediterranean.

This luxurious penthouse at the One Hyde Park development in the Knightsbridge of London just sold for a record-breaking £140 million or $220 million.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy orders brand new, luxurious presidential jet to rival Air Force One

As a society, we tolerate a lot of bent or outright broken language rules in advertising. We tune a lot of it out, anyway. But the careful writer should not emulate advertising-speak and should be wary of copying its word usage. Using luxuriant for luxurious is very much considered an error and is to be avoided.

WORD FAMILY
luxurious: luxuriously, luxuriousness+/luxuriate: luxuriated, luxuriates, luxuriating, luxuriation/luxuriation: luxuriations/luxury: luxuriate, luxuries, luxurious
USAGE EXAMPLES
Wealthy businessmen and officials were purchasing elaborate carvings as luxurious gifts or, in some cases, bribes.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Indeed, my time on the most rugged hilltop trail was surprisingly luxurious.
New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)
The properties will be so luxurious, the Trump Organization says, that even an impressive five-star rating will not do them justice.
New York Times(Dec 31, 2016)
1adj displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
Syn
epicurean, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
indulgent
characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
2adj rich and superior in quality
Syn
deluxe, gilded, grand, opulent, princely, sumptuous
rich
suggestive of or characterized by great expense
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