profligate

单词profligate

基本解释

adj.: 挥霍的；浪费的
n.: 放荡的人；恣意挥霍的人
网络: 挥金如土的；挥霍者；浪子

权威解释

• 挥霍的；浪费的:

  using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way

英汉解释

• 无赖,浪荡公子

• 放荡的人,浪子

• 恣意挥霍的人

• 浪荡的,道德败坏

• 极度浪费的

• 放荡的;堕落的;荒淫的

• 放荡的;挥霍的

词性分析

• 复数：profligates

单词搭配

• adj.+n.:

  profligate use

同义词

adj.wastefulrecklessspendthriftdecadentextravagant

反义词

adj.parsimonious

例句

• But avoiding the sort of profligate spending of the US and UK has not saved Japan, Germany and China from credit bust fallout.

  但是，避免美英等国那种大肆消费习惯，并未使日本、德国和中国免受信贷萧条的冲击。

• Even where troubled euro-zone countries had not been profligate, they have been running unsustainable current-account deficits.

  即使在欧元区的那些没有过度透支的问题国家里，他们也存在着不可持续的经常账户赤字。

• Meanwhile, in the other group there was little inclination either to profligate spending or to good works.

  与此同时，在另外一个小组中却很少发现有肆意挥霍或致力于善行的倾向。

• The profligate glory days of limitless water everywhere seem to be over.

  那些大肆挥霍水的日子将一去不返。

• Mr. Jackson appears to have been guilty of profligate spending and reckless indifference to his financial affairs.

  杰克逊似乎挥霍成性，同时对自己的财务也漠不关心。

• The Germans want a different sort of centralisation, built on rules to punish the profligate.

  德国人需要的是一种不同的集权制，它建立在惩罚挥霍的基础上。

• It must have, but reining in such a profligate program that subsidizes idleness is an idea that makes sense.

  一定会的，但是控制这样一个为失业补贴的浪费项目是有意义的。

• Voters in the donor country would be outraged if the rewards of their thrift were used to rescue the profligate.

  出资国选民若得知其节俭成果被用于援救那些奢侈浪费者，必将愤怒不已。

• Such promises, though necessary to convince the prudent to rely on the fund, will however tempt some countries to run profligate policies.

  这种保证虽然对于劝说谨慎者依赖IMF尤其必要，但却会诱使一些国家恣意挥霍。

• German public opinion is firmly set against dipping into the public purse to help the profligate Greeks.

  德国舆论坚决反对使用其国库的钱来帮助挥霍的希腊人。