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profligate

英['prɒflɪɡət] 美['prɑːflɪɡət]
  • adj. 放荡的;不检点的;浪费的
  • n. 放荡者;享乐者
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 放荡的
    2. 浪费的
    3. 挥霍的
    4. 荒淫的
    5. 不检点的
    6. 堕落的
    7. 浪荡的
    8. 道德败坏
    n. (名词)
    1. 放荡者
    2. 挥霍者
    3. 浪子
    4. 无赖
    5. 浪荡公子
    6. 享乐者

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a dissolute man in fashionable society

  2. a recklessly extravagant consumer

Adjective:
  1. recklessly wasteful;

    "prodigal in their expenditures"

  2. unrestrained by convention or morality;

    "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"
    "deplorably dissipated and degraded"
    "riotous living"
    "fast women"

双语例句

1. Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
他们挥霍的生活方式导致的破产.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. 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.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. 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.

来自辞典例句

4. He is a careless profligate.
他是个粗枝大叶的浪荡子.

来自辞典例句

5. He is wicked and profligate.
他厚颜无耻,道德败坏.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We both know that he has been profligate in every sense of the world.
      我们都知道他已变成不折不扣的淫棍。
    2. These profligate sons of the rich used to get away with all sorts of crimes.
      这些纨绔子弟犯下种种罪行,但常能逍遥法外。
    3. 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。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Thus the crisis punishes the frugal more than the profligate.
      如此看来,危机对节俭者的惩罚,要比对恣意挥霍者更为严厉。
    2. 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?

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