profligate

美音：['prɑflɪɡət] 英音：['prɒflɪɡət]

简单释义：

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

变形：

复数：profligates

完整释义：

adj.

1.放荡的;挥霍的
2.放荡的;堕落的;荒淫的
3.极度浪费的
4.浪荡的,道德败坏

1.恣意挥霍的人
2.放荡的人,浪子
3.无赖,浪荡公子

例句：

He is also rumoured to have struggled with significant financial difficulties caused by his profligate spending.
他也有传言说，大量的财政困境所造成的种种困难他挥霍无度。
Much of the money that fueled the speculative boom came from profligate Spanish banks.
在助推投机性繁荣的资金当中，有许多来自肆意挥霍的西班牙银行。
Where Labour presided over a profligate boom and bust, the risk now is of economic stagnation.
劳工党统治时是大肆挥霍的繁荣与萧条，现在面临的危险是经济停滞。
For that, some blame must lie with the profligate government.
对此，大把花钱的政府也须承担一些责任。
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。
"So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway. "
“因此，这些变化只是未来可能发生情况的微小征兆，尤其是如果我们继续肆意排放二氧化碳。”
This will hurt Greece's creditors, but those entities assumed the risk when they loaned to a country long known for its profligate ways.
这样会对希腊的债权人造成损害，但是这些放款实体在把钱借给这个长期以来以恣意挥霍闻名的国家时已经计算过这种风险。
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。

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