Extravagant
[ɪk'strævəg(ə)nt;ek-] or [ɪk'strævəgənt]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
(a.) Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
(a.) Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
(n.) One who is confined to no general rule.
(n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
校對:莫蒂默
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Excessive, inordinate, exorbitant, unreasonable, preposterous.[2]. Irregular, wild, foolish, absurd.[3]. Wasteful, lavish, profuse, prodigal, too liberal, too bountiful.
黛比手打
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Wild, monstrous, preposterous, absurd, prodigal, wasteful, reckless, excessive,lavish, profuse, abnormal
ANT:Sound, sober, consistent, rational, fair, economical, frugal, careful, regular,usual
埃塞尔手打
解釋/意思:
adj. wandering beyond bounds: irregular: unrestrained: excessive: profuse in expenses: wasteful.—ns. Extrav′agance excess: lavish expenditure: (Milt.) digression; Extrav′agancy (Shak.) vagrancy: extravagance.—adv. Extrav′agantly.—v.i. Extrav′agāte to wander: to exceed proper bounds.
奥尔多手打
例句/造句/用法:
- You extravagant fellow; another yacht! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Nor did this seem extravagant. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I may be extravagant in this matter, but if this be the case my ear is to blame--not my pen. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The party was gay and extravagant in appearance, everybody had put on evening dress except Birkin and Joshua Mattheson. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And a still more extravagant and unwise claim made by the church was the claim to the power of _dispensation_. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In Siam these fish are kept in glass globes, as we keep goldfish, for the purpose of fighting, and an extravagant amount of gambling takes place about the result of the fights. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They complain of the extravagant gain of other people; but they say nothing of their own. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I had expected some extravagant proposition, and remained silent awhile, collecting my thoughts that I might the better combat her fanciful scheme. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- But from the introduction of the third Home Rule Bill onward the opposition to it had assumed a violent and extravagant form. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He has wild, extravagant notions about things, particularly about the treatment of servants. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But what is an extravagant fellow to do, with high rank and little or no money? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- My dear Vermont, you natives up by the North Pole set an extravagant value on time! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It was a revenue, too, of a nature to excite in human avidity the most extravagant expectation of still greater riches. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- As the son grew a young man, he turned out riotous, extravagant, undutiful,--altogether bad. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He believed him to be imprudent and extravagant. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I knew he was extravagant, but I did not think that he would be so mean as to hang his risks on his oldest friend, who could the least afford to lose. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Nay, there is doubtless much truth in those extravagant travels of Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville, and such-like wanderers. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Apothecaries' profit is become a bye-word, denoting something uncommonly extravagant. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Another and another, with broken exclamations, and extravagant phrases, endeavoured to express the intoxicating effect of this wonder of nature. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I am sure I am not extravagant in my demands. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- He's deucedly extravagant! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Extravagant day-dreams, said Moore, with a sigh and smile, yet perhaps we may realize some of them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- John, dear, I'm ashamed to show you my book, for I've really been dreadfully extravagant lately. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- According to the legend, this great discovery elicited extravagant demonstrations of joy. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She had often called him a horrid dissipated wretch, and threatened to tell Emmy of his wicked ways and naughty extravagant habits. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He was not going to do anything extravagant, but the requisite things must be bought, and it would be bad economy to buy them of a poor quality. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He is a dissipated, extravagant idler. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I wasn't brought up like a younger brother, but was always encouraged to be extravagant and kep idle. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
奥尔多手打