雅思词汇解析 | 金钱（9）

　　嗨。上期的贫穷使我们相遇，本期南京雅思培训机构老师来聊聊“富贵”那些事~

　　1. extravagant /ɪk'strævəg(ə)nt/

　　adj. 奢侈的;铺张的;过分昂贵的

　　e.g. the extravagant lifestyle of a movie star.

　　e.g. Her house is decorated in an extravagant style. (口语话题中用来描述奢华的装修风格)

　　另外如果一个人很喜欢买很贵的手表呀，衣服呀，鞋子呀等的

　　可以说：have extravagant taste in watches/ clothes/ shoes.

　　名牌和奢饰品牌还有其他不同的表达：

　　He spent a fortune on luxuries.

　　People want to buy designer labels for snob value.

　　She only buys branded / brand-name handbags.

　　2. prohibitive /proʊˈhɪbətɪv/

　　prohibit 动词本义为：禁止，我们经常在公共场所会看到一些标志：Flash photography is prohibited. 禁止开闪光灯拍照。

　　那么prohibitive有什么关系呢?看一个例子：

　　Housing prices in the major cities are prohibitive. 大城市的房价高的令人…..望! 而! 却! 步!

　　prohibitive: If the cost of something is prohibitive, it is so high that many people cannot afford it.

　　e.g. The cost of a nursing home is prohibitive. (注：nursing home即私人疗养院/养老院)

　　也可以作为副词：prohibitively expensive 非常非常贵!

　　3. well-off

　　adj. 家境好的，家境殷实的 (说白了就是rich hhh

　　e.g. Her family is extremely well-off.

　　e.g. He grew up in a well-off district of New York. 富人区

　　e.g. It is a resort that clearly caters for the well-off. 这个度假区专门为the well-off 有钱人服务。

　　另外还有就是：people from less well-off families. 可以理解为比较普通的家庭。

　　4. materialistic /mə'tɪrɪə'lɪstɪk/

　　这个单词的意思结合 material 还是非常好理解的。

　　People who believe that having money and material possessions is the most important thing in life. 追求物质的/金钱至上的。

　　如：a materialistic lifestyle/ culture/society

　　雅思口语有个话题问到：How can people be happy?

　　The way I see it, money can buy happiness since we are living in a society with materialistic culture. (有点肤浅,但是也不得不承认hhh)

　　5. fortune /'fɔːtʃuːn/

　　fortune 这个单词大家都很熟悉，除了幸运还有财富的意思。我们最后补充几个常用的短语：

　　achieve fame and fortune 名利双收

　　make a fortune 赚大钱 =make a killing.

　　Cost a fortune 很费钱= expensive

　　剑桥听力13-3-3 提到一种染料，原文是：I managed to get the dye quite easily from a website. But it cost a fortune.

　　配对题中对应的选项即：It is expensive.

　　本期词汇就到这里，苟富贵，勿相忘!我们下期见!