sumptuary
发音
英 ['sʌmptjʊərɪ]
美 ['sʌmptʃʊˌerɪ]
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- adj.
- 限制费用的,禁止奢侈的
单词词源
sumptuary 限制费用的,禁止奢侈的
来自拉丁语 sumptus,购买的,花销的,吃喝的,过去分词格于 sumere,购买,花销,缩写自 *sub-emere,来自 sub,向下,emere,买,词源同 assume,assumption,emption.-ary,形容词后缀。 后引申词义限制费用的,禁止奢侈的。
双语例句
- 1. What sumptuary advice do they offer ?
- 那么它们给出的规范建议是什么呢?
- 2. Lack of financial ambition goes along with the observance of unwritten sumptuary laws .
- 缺乏融资野心往往就是赞成那些不成文的禁止奢侈浪费的规则。
- 3. As the booming economy upset the god-given medieval hierarchy , secular sumptuary laws , which regulated consumption habits , were a brake on social mobility .
- 随着繁荣的经济打乱了神赐的中世纪社会阶级,控制消费习惯的世俗限制奢侈法律开始出现,并对社会流动性踩上了刹车。
- 4. Though quite often many workplaces still require formal dress , increasingly one can see that many companies only have very loose sumptuary guidelines .
- 虽然在很多情况下,许多工作场所仍旧要求穿着正式服装,但人们日益发现许多公司只是制定了一些非常松散的限制规定。