(1) generous可作“慷慨,大方”解,指资助、帮助别人时不吝啬;也可作“宽宏大量”解。
- It's very generous of you to give me so much help.
给我这么多帮助,你真是太慷慨了。 - He had the generous habit of sharing his money with less fortunate friends.
对于境况比他差的朋友,他有慷慨解囊的习惯。 - She tends to be generous to her friends with money.
她在钱财方面往往对朋友非常慷慨。 - He was very generous in his treatment of the captives.
在对待俘虏上他很宽宏大量。 - He is known among his friends for being generous with advice.
他在朋友中间以慷慨给人忠告而知名。
(2) ①liberal也可作“慷慨,大方”解,与generous意思相近。
- He is liberal with/of his money.
他在用钱上很大方。 - He is liberal in his help.
他很慷慨助人。
②liberal用于物时,可作“大量的,丰足的”解。
- His father gives him a liberal amount of money each year.
他父亲每年给他大量的钱。 - Liberal donations enabled us to speed up the construction of the new classroom building.
大量的捐款使我们能够加快这座新教学楼的建设。
③liberal还有“宽宏大量,心胸大度”的意思。
- He was liberal to his opponent.
他对他的反对者总是胸怀大度。
(3) ①extravagant是“奢侈浪费,昂贵”的意思。
- It won't take long for you to exhaust all the money you inherited if you do not change your extravagant habits.
如果你不改变你奢侈浪费的习惯,用不了多长时间你就会把你继承的钱全部花光了。 - This set of furniture is much too extravagant for us to buy.
这套家具太昂贵了,我们买不起。
②be extravagant with意为“……用得很多”。
- She is a good cook but extravagant with butter.
她很擅长烹饪,就是用的奶油太多。