Word · Frequency #9685
lavish
慷慨地给予；挥霍；浪费
To give or spend large amounts of something generously, often wastefully.
常用于 lavish sth on/upon sb 或 lavish sb with sth。
- 1.
To give out extremely generously; to squander.
极其慷慨地给予；挥霍
- 2.
expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
大量花费；也用于抽象名词
- 3.
To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.
极其慷慨地给予(某人)
极其慷慨地给予；挥霍；大量花费；也用于抽象名词；极其慷慨地给予(某人)；浪费；滥用
In use
She lavished praise on her students for their hard work.
The company lavished its employees with expensive gifts during the holiday party.
He lavished attention on his new puppy, training it every day.
Verb forms
base lavish · third person lavishes · -ing lavishing · past lavished · past participle lavished
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- lavish money on
- 在……上大肆花钱
- He lavished money on his new car.他在新车上大肆花钱。
- lavish attention on
- 给予大量关注
- Parents should lavish attention on their children.父母应该给予孩子大量关注。
- lavish praise on
- 大加赞扬
- The teacher lavished praise on the student.老师对那个学生大加赞扬。
- lavish gifts on
- 赠送大量礼物
- He lavished gifts on his girlfriend.他给女朋友送了大量礼物。
- lavish care on
- 悉心照料
- She lavished care on her elderly mother.她悉心照料年迈的母亲。
- lavish time on
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想‘拉维奇’（人名）挥金如土，形容‘lavish’慷慨花费的意思。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、abstract nouns 通常用于正式场合，多搭配抽象名词（如praise, attention）或具体事物。
Grammar Note
常用于lavish A on B或lavish B with A结构，A为给予的事物（常为抽象名词如praise, attention），B为接受者。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Vanish and banish rhyme with lavish (same stressed vowel /æ/ and ending /ɪʃ/). Finish, polish, and publish share the -ish spelling but have different vowel sounds (/ɪ/, /ɒ/, /ʌ/), so they are not true rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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