sumptuary meaning in Chinese
adj.
限定费用的；(法令等)取缔挥霍浪费的。
Examples
- 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。 - 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
高高的环状皱领核心编织的饰带和刺绣华丽的手套，都被认定是居官的人夸耀权势的必需品而且，尽管禁止奢侈的法律不准平民等级效法这一类铺张，但是地位高或财富多的人，随时都可得到韶免。 - 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个用红色细布做就周围用金丝线精心绣成奇巧花边的一个字母a 。这个字母制作别致，体现了丰富面华美的匠心，佩在衣服上构成尽美尽善的装饰，而她的衣服把她那年月的情趣衬托得恰到好处，只是其艳丽程度大大超出了殖民地俭补标准的规定。