spendthrift
英 [ˈspendθrɪft]
美 [ˈspendθrɪft]
n. 花钱无度的人; 挥霍者
adj. 浪费的,奢侈的
复数:spendthrifts
BNC.34671 / COCA.29234
牛津词典
noun
- 花钱无度的人;挥霍者
a person who spends too much money or who wastes money
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 挥霍者;浪费金钱的人
If you call someone aspendthrift, you mean that they spend too much money.- Spendthriftis also an adjective.
- ...his father's spendthrift ways.
他父亲挥金如土
- Spendthriftis also an adjective.
英英释义
noun
- someone who spends money prodigally
adj
- recklessly wasteful
- prodigal in their expenditures
双语例句
- In the end, however, spendthrift consumers defied the government.
然而,结果是挥霍无度的消费者公然和政府作对。 - He disowned his spendthrift son.
他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。 - But the bonanza also risks feeding some Brazilian vices: a spendthrift and corrupt political system;
但是这一幸运之事也可能助长巴西某些社会恶习的滋生:一个挥霍无度并腐败的政体; - The relation of parent to child. He disowned his spendthrift son.
父母对孩子之间的关系他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。 - Even so, the spendthrift cannot afford to wait for economic growth to pull their debt burdens down.
但即便如此,这个大手惯了的国家等不及用经济增长来减轻债务负担了。 - He accused the Council of being spendthrift.
他指控委员会挥钱财。 - The oil industry, given half a chance, is inefficient and spendthrift.
石油行业只要稍有机会就会变得低效和挥霍无度。 - And he is scathing about the spendthrift ways of the Republican party after 2000-suggesting that it deserved to lose the 2006 midterm elections.
他对共和党在2000年之后大肆挥霍的做法进行了严厉批评&暗指共和党在2006年中期选举中失利,也是应得的下场。 - One of Turan's complaints: "All that money also allowed spendthrift Spider-Man3 to acquire too many villains" including an egomaniacal Spider-Man alter ego himself.
图兰也抱怨道“所有那些投资金促使挥霍无度的《蜘蛛侠3》请来了太多的恶棍”,其中包括一个转变成极端利己分子的蜘蛛侠。 - If you are a spendthrift, you set a poor example that others will copy – with the company's money.
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