profligate

英 [ˈprɒflɪɡət]

美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡət]

adj. 挥霍的; 浪费的

复数：profligates　

GRE

BNC.22405 / COCA.24410

牛津词典

adj.

挥霍的；浪费的
using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way
1. profligate spending
  恣意挥霍的开支

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 挥霍的；浪费的
Someone who isprofligatespends too much money or uses too much of something.
1. ...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world.
  世界上能源挥霍最严重的国家

英英释义

noun

a recklessly extravagant consumer
Synonym:prodigalsquanderer
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonym:rakerakehellripbloodroue

adj

unrestrained by convention or morality
1. Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
2. deplorably dissipated and degraded
3. riotous living
4. fast women
Synonym:debaucheddegeneratedegradeddissipateddissolutelibertineriotousfast
recklessly wasteful
1. prodigal in their expenditures
Synonym:extravagantprodigalspendthrift

双语例句

The striking feature, indeed, is that the worst-hit economies are not those of profligate, high-spending countries, such as the UK and US, but of prudent, high-saving countries, such as Germany and Japan.
实际上，其中最引人注目的特征是，受冲击最严重的不是肆意挥霍的高支出国家，例如英国和美国，而是一些谨慎的高储蓄国家，例如德国和日本。
She is well-known for her profligate spending habits.
她因极其浪费的花钱习惯而出名。
Similarly Americans have been profligate in the handling of mineral resources.
同样的，美国在处理矿产资源方面亦多浪费。
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。
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。
And Qaddafi's profligate weapons purchases have left Libya with mountains of unsecured armaments.
卡扎菲购买的大量武器装备保管不善，给利比亚留下了许多毫无戒备的武器库。
Northern Europeans resent a monetary union that has permitted southern Europe to engage in what they see as fiscally profligate behaviour, while southern Europeans and the Irish are required to submit to extreme austerity programmes that exacerbate their sovereign debt problems.
欧洲北部国家对货币联盟感到不满，因为它允许欧洲南部国家从事被其视为财政挥霍的行为。同时欧洲南部国家和爱尔兰被要求实施极端的紧缩计划，这加剧了它们的主权债务问题。
This young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water.
这个青年完全有可能成为十足的浪子。
Some ( mostly Germany) want a tough new regime to punish the profligate.
一些国家（主要是德国）希望建立新的严厉的体制，以惩罚挥霍者。
Why do you bring your profligate companions here?
为什么你要把你那些酒肉朋友带到这里来呢？