【同义词辨析】 过度excessive-extreme
excessive: implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or endurable: punishment that was deemed ~.
immoderate: implies lack of desirable or necessary restraint: an ~ amount of time spent on grooming.
inordinate: implies an exceeding of limits dictated by reason or good judgment : an ~ portion of their budget goes to entertainment. budget预算/bʌʤət/,不要读成了get
extravagant: implies a wild, lawless, prodigal, or foolish warndering from proper and accustomed limits: ~ claims for the product. (VAG词根表示wander漫游、四处走动,如vagabond[=vagrant]流浪汉,vagary奇想,vague模糊的含糊的,原意为"漫游不定",引申为思想或表达不明确,本例extravagant字面意思是"走出(extra-)正常范围漫游",引申为奢侈夸张挥霍无度) 又如extravagant spending/taste/present奢侈/荒唐的开销/嗜好/礼物,本例表示夸张的说法
exorbitant: implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree: a menu with ~ prices. orbit轨道,exorbitant多形容价格、工资等要价过高
extreme: may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree: views concerning marriage that are a bit ~. (approach 1、接近、临近 2、处理) limit限制界限,也是数学中的极限
excessive过度: 过多过大,因而不合理难承受,immoderate过度: 缺乏节制,inordinate过度: 超过界限,extravagant奢侈夸张: 荒唐愚蠢夸张地超过界限,exorbitant价格过高: (价格开销工资等)超过标准,extreme极端: 指接近最远界限,或仅表示高度的
记忆方法: 1) 首字母II EEEE,I想为in入,E想成ex出,二入四出即入不敷出<==过度消费
2) 过度的意思是超过正常合理限度mean going beyond a normal or acceptable limit.首字母II EEEE,I想为in入,E想成ex出,二入四出即入不敷出<==过度消费