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sumptuary adj.限定費用的;(法令等)取締揮霍浪費的。

sumptuous

On the breast of her gown , in fine red cloth , surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread , appeared the letter a . it was so artistically done , and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy , that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore ; and which was of a splendour in accordance with the taste of the age , but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony 她的裙袍的前胸上露出了一個用紅色細布做就周圍用金絲線精心繡成奇巧花邊的一個字母a 。這個字母制作別致,體現了豐富面華美的匠心,佩在衣服上構成盡美盡善的裝飾,而她的衣服把她那年月的情趣襯托得恰到好處,只是其艷麗程度大大超出了殖民地儉補標準的規定。

Deep ruffs , painfully wrought bands , and gorgeously embroidered gloves were all deemed necessary to the official state of men assuming the reins of power ; and were readily allowed to individuals dignified by rank or wealth , even while sumptuary laws forbade these and similar extravagances to the plebeian order 高高的環狀皺領核心編織的飾帶和刺繡華麗的手套,都被認定是居官的人夸耀權勢的必需品而且,盡管禁止奢侈的法律不準平民等級效法這一類鋪張,但是地位高或財富多的人,隨時都可得到韶免。

Though quite often many workplaces still require formal dress , increasingly one can see that many companies only have very loose sumptuary guidelines 雖然在很多情況下,許多工作場所仍舊要求穿著正式服裝,但人們日益發現許多公司只是制定了一些非常松散的限制規定。