profligacy

['pr?fliɡ?si]
  • n. 肆意揮霍;放蕩;浪費(fèi)

詞態(tài)變化


形容詞:?profligate;

英文詞源


profligacy (n.)
1670s, from profligate + -cy.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Subsequently, this statement was quoted widely in the colony as an evidence of profligacy.
結(jié)果這句話成為肆意揮霍的一個(gè)例證在那塊領(lǐng)地里傳開(kāi)了.

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2. Recession, they reason, must be a penance for past profligacy.
經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退, 他們推斷, 肯定是對(duì)過(guò)去大肆揮霍的贖罪.

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3. Hardest of all will be finding the political will to curb profligacy.
真正的難題是缺少對(duì)打擊揮霍浪費(fèi)的政治意愿.

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4. Recession, they reason a penance for past profligacy.
人們把衰退的原因歸結(jié)為前期揮霍的報(bào)應(yīng).

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5. There was tut - tutting about American profligacy.
中國(guó)對(duì)美國(guó)的肆意揮霍發(fā)出了不滿的嘖嘖聲.

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