extravagance
n. 奢侈(品); 浪费
Extravagance is the spending of more money than is reasonable or than you can afford.
...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。
An extravagance is something that you spend money on but cannot really afford.
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?
1. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth;
2. the trait of spending extravagantly
3. excessive spending
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.