| 词汇 | luxury |
| 释义 | luxury noun uk /ˈlʌk.ʃər.i/ us /ˈlʌk.ʃɚ.i/ B1[ U ] great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and beautiful things: 奢华，奢侈，豪华 to live in luxury生活奢华 a luxury cruise豪华巡游 a luxury hotel豪华的酒店 C1[ C ] something expensive that is pleasant to have but is not necessary: 奢侈品，名贵品 luxuries, such as champagne and chocolate香槟酒和巧克力之类的奢侈品 I like to buy myself little luxuries from time to time.我喜欢时不时地给自己买些小小的奢侈品。 B2[ S or U ] something that gives you a lot of pleasure but cannot be done often: 奢侈，奢望 A day off work is such a luxury.休息一天不用上班简直是一种奢侈。 They have six holiday/luxury apartments for sale. He's living in luxury in the south of France.他正在法国南部过着奢侈的生活。 We certainly don't lead a life of luxury but we're not poor either.我们的生活当然并不奢华，但也算不上贫困。 Lotus make luxury cars for a small but significant niche market.莲花汽车公司为数量虽小但却重要的客户群体生产豪华轿车。 Once you've tasted luxury it's very hard to settle for anything else.你一旦体验过奢侈的滋味，就很难将就了。 Expensive & luxurious be expensive to do champagne costliness costly expense expensively extravagance gold plate grandly lush luxuriant luxurious luxury goods palatially plushly poshly poshness preciousness ritzy unaffordable luxury | American Dictionaryluxury noun[ C/U ] us/ˈlʌk·ʃər·i, ˈlʌɡ·ʒər·i/ great comfort, esp. as provided by expensive and beautiful possessions, surroundings, or food, or something enjoyable and often expensive but not necessary: [ U ]a life of luxury [ U ]a luxury hotel [ C ]Having an extra bathroom was at first a luxury, but after we had children it became a necessity. A luxury is also any unusual, enjoyable activity: [ C ]Sleeping late was a real luxury. luxury | Business Englishluxury noun uk /ˈlʌkʃəri/uspluralluxuries [ U ] the pleasure and comfort you get from expensive and beautiful things: I made money on shares and for a while I lived in luxury. a luxury apartment/car/yachtThe market for luxury cars was badly hit by the recession. a luxury cruise/hotel/resortThey plan to build a luxury hotel in Nairobi. luxury brands/goods/itemsThe store sells luxury brands such as Prada and Chanel. [ C ] something expensive which is pleasant to have but is not really necessary: He enjoys luxuries, such as champagne and caviar. Foreign travel is still an expensive luxury that many cannot afford. [ S ] something that gives you pleasure or an advantage which you do not usually have: A day off work is such a luxury. I enjoyed the luxury of travelling business class. We cannot afford the luxury of delaying this decision. Examples of luxuryluxury Patriotism and communalism were luxuries that they could ill afford now that partition had ruptured so many of their traditional subsistence networks. The only drawback is the exorbitant price tag that comes along with the luxuries. The food, the little luxuries, the attention were far superior to anything he could possibly have had at home. Telephones, televisions, and automobiles were once luxuries for only the very rich, but now many poor people own them. Both directions of this metaphorical inversion make environmental, social, or long-term analysis seem like unaffordable luxuries, for medicine and antiterrorism. The recent availability of fresh meat and vegetables has helped to diversify the diet, but only for the families that can afford such small luxuries. Services hitherto considered luxuries were now advertised widely. Rather, this story exemplifies the moral insignificance of luxuries. Of course, one reason why these major centres dominated the service hierarchy - even for luxuries - was that they were very large. In this sentence, luxuries have suddenly become necessary - there are no longer the two categories of essential and non-essential but pleasant. People with rewarding careers who live in sought after locations, affording luxuries and premium quality products. Indeed, it seems obvious that, with regard to the distribution of luxuries, the type of priority we assign to the badly off does not exist. In fact, she becomes desperate to do anything to regain these luxuries. Milk and meat were only the luxuries of life. He began a playful description, - long, but never tedious; alluring, yet without enthusiasm - a dreamy suggestion of refined delights and luxuries. See all examples of luxury These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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