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.- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象
- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
英英释义
noun
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- the trait of spending extravagantly
双语例句
- A few years ago most economists argued that the spectacle of poor countries bankrolling America's deficits was the perverse and unsustainable consequence of American profligacy.
在几年前，大多数经济学都认为，穷国资助美国赤字的壮观景象是美国人肆意挥霍所产生的不正常也不可持续的结果。 - IN GERMAN EYES this crisis is all about profligacy.
在德国人看来，这场危机全因挥霍而起。 - 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。 - 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？ - The Asians 'parsimony made the Anglo-Saxons' profligacy possible.
亚洲人的过度节约给盎格鲁撒克逊人创造了肆意挥霍的可能性。 - The Gilded Age was one of extreme profligacy, both in business investment and sumptuous expenditure.
不管是商业投资、还是豪华消费，镀金时代（GildedAge）都算得上极度挥霍的时期之一。 - 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。 - Neither should we expect the "return" of American consumers indeed, we should worry at their reappearance, for what it says about both their rationality and a financial system that facilitates such profligacy.
我们也不应指望美国消费者的“回归”，实际上，他们回归才让人担忧，因为这既说明了他们的理性问题，也说明了金融体系为这种挥霍行为提供了方便。 - 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 if he is to tackle all or any of this, he must balance his plans with other savings or new revenues if his legacy is not to be one of profligacy and debt.
如果他想解决上述全部或部分问题，他必须用在其它地方省下来的钱，或者新的收入来为他的这些计划买单–如果他不希望自己留下的遗产是挥霍浪费或巨额债务的话。