extravagance
n
1 [U] being extravagant(1) 奢侈; 挥霍
His extravagance explains why he is always in debt. 他挥霍无度, 难怪总欠债.
2 [C] extravagant thing, act, statement, etc 奢侈品; 放纵的言行等
I do not regard books as extravagances. 我认为书不是侈奢品.
If you offered me six times what you have just offered, I would still take my pound of flesh.
即使你愿意我六倍于你刚才提出的钱数,我仍然要拿我应得的那一磅肉。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.