核心畫面

One way to picture luxury: everything you need is already taken care of, and this sits on top — the soft extra layer you did not have to have. Because it is an extra, the word can name the feeling of comfort, the expensive object, or simply a chance that most days you do not get.

可以想成 luxury 是「該有的都有了之後,再多出來的那一層」——柔軟、舒服,而且本來沒有也過得下去。正因為它是多更多收起可以想成 luxury 是「該有的都有了之後,再多出來的那一層」——柔軟、舒服,而且本來沒有也過得下去。正因為它是多出來的,這個字可以指那份舒服的感覺、那樣昂貴的東西,也可以指平常難得有的一個機會。

From the picture

難得有的餘裕

把「多出來的那一層」從錢移到機會上:不是買得起買不起,而是平常根本沒有這個條件——所以有了就很珍貴。

rare comfort or chance · noun · B1

A comfort or chance you are lucky to have and do not usually get.

難得的享受

Also in this word

great comfort · noun · B1

Very great comfort and pleasure, such as you get from expensive things like fine food, beautiful homes, or fancy cars.

奢華;享受

expensive extra · noun · B1

Something expensive that you buy to enjoy, though you could live without it.

奢侈品

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

luxurynoun/ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/

  • 1

    Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.

    • Near-synonyms: splendor, grandeur, grandness, decadence
  • 2

    Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.

    • “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”
    • And with Millennial and Gen Z consumers accounting for a growing proportion of spending, the luxury market is increasingly sensitive to the social and environmental causes they identify with. […] With all this in mind, here are CNN Style’s best small luxuries for the conscientious gift giver: […]
  • 3

    Something that is pleasant and desirable but not necessary in life (whether expensive or not).

    • Sir Humphrey Appleby: Bernard, what do you want? / Bernard Woolley: I want to have a clear conscience. / […] / Sir Humphrey Appleby: When did you acquire this taste for luxuries (laugh track)?
    • As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
  • 4

    obsoleteLustfulness; sexual desire or attraction.

    • Fie on sinnefull phantasie: Fie on Lust, and Luxurie:
  • 5

    obsoleteCopulation; the act or action of sex.

    • Let not the Royall Bed of Denmark be / A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest.

luxuryadj/ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/

  • 1

    Very expensive.

  • 2

    Not essential but desirable and enjoyable and indulgent.

  • 3

    automotivetransportvehiclesPertaining to the top-end market segment for mass production mass market vehicles, above the premium market segment.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。