extravagance
英 [ɪk'strævəg(ə)ns; ek-]
美 [ɪk'strævəɡəns]
英語の語源
- extravagance (n.)
- 1640s, "an extravagant act," from French extravagance, from Late Latin extravagantem (see extravagant). Specifically of wasteful spending from 1727. Meaning "quality of being extravagant" is from 1670s. Extravagancy, "a wandering," especially "a wandering from the usual course," is attested from c. 1600, now rare.
例文
- 1. Her only extravagance was horses.
- 彼女の唯一の贅沢品は馬だ。
- 2.Going to the theatre is our only extravavagance .
- 劇場に行って芝居を見るのは私たちの唯一の贅沢な楽しみです。
- 3.He 's always railing against his wife about her extravagance .
- 彼はいつも妻の贅沢浪費を責めている。
- 4.Mr.Pearson 's income allows of no extravagance in his way of living.
- ピアソン氏の収入では贅沢な生活は許されない。
- 5.His extravagance explains why he is always in debt.
- 彼は金を浪費しているので、借金ばかりしているのも無理はない。
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