A WORD, A WORLD
profligate
释义
- adj.
- 挥霍的；浪费的
- n.
- 放荡的人；恣意挥霍的人
- 网络
- 挥金如土的；挥霍者；浪子
展开详细释义
adj.
1.放荡的;挥霍的
2.放荡的;堕落的;荒淫的
3.极度浪费的
4.浪荡的,道德败坏
n.
1.恣意挥霍的人
2.放荡的人,浪子
3.无赖,浪荡公子
词形变化
复数：profligates
在例句中理解 32 句
Even where troubled euro-zone countries had not been profligate, they have been running unsustainable current-account deficits.
即使在欧元区的那些没有过度透支的问题国家里，他们也存在着不可持续的经常账户赤字。
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。
Meanwhile, in the other group there was little inclination either to profligate spending or to good works.
与此同时，在另外一个小组中却很少发现有肆意挥霍或致力于善行的倾向。
The profligate glory days of limitless water everywhere seem to be over.
那些大肆挥霍水的日子将一去不返。
Mr. Jackson appears to have been guilty of profligate spending and reckless indifference to his financial affairs.
杰克逊似乎挥霍成性，同时对自己的财务也漠不关心。
The Germans want a different sort of centralisation, built on rules to punish the profligate.
德国人需要的是一种不同的集权制，它建立在惩罚挥霍的基础上。
It must have, but reining in such a profligate program that subsidizes idleness is an idea that makes sense.
一定会的，但是控制这样一个为失业补贴的浪费项目是有意义的。
Voters in the donor country would be outraged if the rewards of their thrift were used to rescue the profligate.
出资国选民若得知其节俭成果被用于援救那些奢侈浪费者，必将愤怒不已。
Such promises, though necessary to convince the prudent to rely on the fund, will however tempt some countries to run profligate policies.
这种保证虽然对于劝说谨慎者依赖IMF尤其必要，但却会诱使一些国家恣意挥霍。
German public opinion is firmly set against dipping into the public purse to help the profligate Greeks.
德国舆论坚决反对使用其国库的钱来帮助挥霍的希腊人。
She recognises the deep hostility of her voters to big fiscal transfers to weaker, more profligate euro-zone countries.
她意识到她的选民对将巨大的资金转移到更弱的、更挥霍的欧元区国家有着深深的敌意。
All of the Western religions begin with the notion of Eden, and descend through a kind of profligate present, to a very ugly future.
西方所有的宗教都是始于伊甸园这个概念，然后走过放荡的现今，直向一个极其丑恶的未来。
But it also reflects a new-found determination by the bloc to get its hands dirty fixing the fiscal problems of its profligate members.
但这一举动也反映出欧元区一种新的决心：不惜给自己惹上麻烦，也要解决成员国因花销无度而产生的财政问题。
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。
He is also rumoured to have struggled with significant financial difficulties caused by his profligate spending.
他也有传言说，大量的财政困境所造成的种种困难他挥霍无度。
Granted, Merkel has been hamstrung by voters who are in no mood to see their taxes diverted to profligate neighbors.
当然，默克尔的决定被德国选民影响，德国选民不想看到自己交的税被用在一贯奢侈浪费的邻国身上。
That, too, is a chance for the new government to show that it is not as profligate as its opponents have claimed.
但这对新政府也是一个机会，可以表明他们并不是如其对手所谴责的那样恣意挥霍。
Profligate deficit countries may have created these viruses. They are not the most vulnerable to it.
创造出这些病毒的或许是挥霍无度的赤字国，但它们却并非最容易受到冲击的。
All fell back to make way for the sufferers; and all, even the very rudest and most profligate , were struck with shame and silence.
群众立即后退，给这两个受苦人让路；连最粗野，最浪荡的人也感到难为情，静了下来。
Where Labour presided over a profligate boom and bust, the risk now is of economic stagnation.
劳工党统治时是大肆挥霍的繁荣与萧条，现在面临的危险是经济停滞。
Historian Niall Ferguson has made the case that high debt and profligate spending will cause the downfall of a once mighty empire.
历史学家尼尔·弗格森（NiallFerguson）提出证据证明，债务高企和挥霍无度的开支将导致强大帝国的灭亡。
But it needs to concentrate on institutional ways of disciplining profligate governments, rather than starving the rescue package of funds.
但它需要专注于从制度上规定一些方法来惩戒不检点的政府，而不是要让救援计划因缺乏资金而饿死。
Democrats are so wary of sounding profligate that they seldom mention their chief strategy for reducing unemployment while campaigning.
民主党对挥霍的名声非常谨慎，他们在竞选时很少提及减少失业的主要策略。
Greater disclosure will allow investors to differentiate between those municipalities which run a tight ship and those that are profligate.
加大信息披露力度，将使投资者可以区分哪些地方政府量入为出、哪些肆意挥霍。
And reducing the borrowing costs of the profligate could increase them for the virtuous and reduce the incentive for reform.
为那些肆意挥霍的人降低借款成本只会让他们变得变本加厉，降低改革的动力。
"So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway. "
“因此，这些变化只是未来可能发生情况的微小征兆，尤其是如果我们继续肆意排放二氧化碳。”
They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard. "
对长老说，我们这儿子顽梗悖逆，不听从我们的话，是贪食好酒的人。
This will hurt Greece's creditors, but those entities assumed the risk when they loaned to a country long known for its profligate ways.
这样会对希腊的债权人造成损害，但是这些放款实体在把钱借给这个长期以来以恣意挥霍闻名的国家时已经计算过这种风险。
For that, some blame must lie with the profligate government.
对此，大把花钱的政府也须承担一些责任。
Germany, which relies heavily on exports, has lectured Washington about its economic policies, which Berlin sees as profligate and damaging.
德国严重依赖出口，它对华盛顿的经济政策加以训斥，认为这些政策浪费、有害。
profligate spending
恣意挥霍
the profligate use of energy resources
能源浪费