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profligate
[ˈprɒflɪɡət] [ˈprɑːflɪɡət]

  • adj. <正式>恣意挥霍的,浪费的;放荡的,不检点的
  • n. <正式>挥霍者,浪费者;放荡者,浪荡子,享乐者

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  • 放荡者

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profligate [ 'prɔfliɡət, -ɡeit ]

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

profligate /ˈprɒflɪɡɪt/

  • 1. 

    ADJ Someone who is profligate spends too much money or uses too much of something. 挥霍的; 浪费的 [正式]

    例:

    ...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world.

    ...世界上能源浪费最严重的消费者。

同近义词同根词

词根: profligacy

n.

profligacy 肆意挥霍;放荡;浪费

profuseness 挥霍;丰富

双语例句权威例句

  • This young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water.

    这个青年完全可能成为十足的浪子

    《新英汉大辞典》

  • Greece is a true profligate.

    希腊一个真正挥霍着

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  • The point of this profligate eye candy?

    这些点子都是挥霍眼球的糖果吗?

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更多双语例句
  • Instead, we have a crisis of insolvency, first among certain profligate governments and second among banks.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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

    ECONOMIST: The causes

  • Now, the trial will serve as a further lesson in financial responsibility to profligate royals.

    CNN: Editorial: Royal Flushed

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