profligacy

英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]

美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]

n.  挥霍; 浪费

BNC.34527 / COCA.33795

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 挥霍；浪费
  Profligacyis the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.
  1. ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
     某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象

英英释义

noun

• dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  Synonym:dissipationdissolutionlicentiousnesslooseness
• the trait of spending extravagantly
  Synonym:extravaganceprodigality

双语例句

• There may be a way to combat this credit-card in-duced profligacy.
  可能会有方法来抑制这种信用卡肆意消费。
• The profligacy of the West shocked him.
  西方的极度浪费使他震惊。
• The former will soon discover they cannot do without the profligacy of the latter.
  不过前者很快就会意识到，它们离不开后者的肆意挥霍。
• Fiscal hawks would argue this is the price to pay for the profligacy of the recent past.
  财政鹰派可能辩称，这是人们为过去一段时间肆意挥霍付出的代价。
• There is more to the story than an angry collision between Greek profligacy and German moral superiority.
  这件事不仅仅是希腊人的挥霍无度和德国人的道德优越感之间的迎头怒撞。
• Equally predictably, the surplus countries see things differently, and blame the profligacy and the debt addiction of the debtor countries.
  同样可以预见的是，盈余国家的视角会有所不同，将问题归咎于债务国的铺张浪费和借债上瘾。
• Maybe the tide will reverse, now that America has been laid low yet again by the profligacy of its citizens.
  这股潮流或许会逆转&既然美国已再一次被国民的肆意挥霍挫伤了元气。不过这也难说。
• Third, investors panicking about the eurozone or US profligacy had to buy something when selling euros and dollars.
  第三，对欧元区或美国的挥霍感到恐慌的投资者们在抛售欧元和美元后，总得买点什么。
• But would not the puncturing of the balanced budget myth give the green light to vast government profligacy?
  不过，打破预算平衡的神话会不会为政府大肆挥霍大开绿灯？
• Profligacy is the new prudence.
  挥霍应该是一种新式的审慎。