记忆方法
1. extra- "outside" + vag- + -ant.
2. => wander outside or beyond.
3. => excessive, extreme; wasteful, lavish.
2. => wander outside or beyond.
3. => excessive, extreme; wasteful, lavish.
中文词源
extravagant 挥霍
extra-, 外面的，超过的。-vag, 漫游，词源同vague, vagary. 即偏离正常范围，过度挥霍。
英语词源
- extravagant
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extravagant: [14] An extravagant person is literally one who ‘wanders out of’ the proper course. The word comes from the present participle of medieval Latin extrāvagārī, a compound formed from the prefix extrā- ‘outside’ and vagārī ‘wander’ (source of English vagabond, vagary, and vagrant), which seems originally to have been used adjectivally with reference to certain uncodified or ‘stray’ papal decrees. This was the word’s original application in English, and the present-day meanings ‘wildly excessive’ and ‘spending too lavishly’ did not really establish themselves before the early 18th century.
=> vagabond, vagary, vagrant - extravagant (adj.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin extravagantem (nominative extravagans), originally a word in Canon Law for uncodified papal decrees, present participle of extravagari "wander outside or beyond," from Latin extra "outside of" (see extra-) + vagari "wander, roam" (see vague). Extended sense of "excessive, extreme, exceeding reasonable limits" first recorded 1590s, probably via French; that of "wasteful, lavish, exceeding prudence in expenditure" is from 1711. Related: Extravagantly. Wordsworth ("Prelude") used extravagate (v.).
权威例句
- 1. I can have a brainstorm and be very extravagant.
- 我有时会头脑发热，挥霍无度。
- 2. Who is footing the bill for her extravagant holiday?
- 谁会为她奢侈的假日买单？
- 3. The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.
- 加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。
- 4. Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift.
- 萨莉姨妈送给她一件贵得离谱的礼物。
- 5. Don't be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas.
- 要勇于考虑一些貌似离谱的想法。
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