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lavishness

/lav-ish/US // ˈlæv ɪʃ //UK // (ˈlævɪʃ) //

奢华,奢华主义,奢侈,豪华

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
    • : using or giving in great amounts; prodigal: lavish of his time; lavish of affection.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to expend or give in great amounts or without limit: to lavish gifts on a person.

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Examples

  • For every one acts his own part, but it tends altogether unto wickedness, lavishness, and troublesomness.

  • A careful study of Transatlantic examples might put our own boasted lavishness of charity to shame.

  • His generosity bordered on lavishness; yet even here, his prudence did not wholly forsake him.

  • Architects declared that it was as far as modern lavishness and extravagance could go.

  • At weddings, too, the display of presents is an object of surprise to the out-of-town guests, unused to such lavishness.