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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.
    1. ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
      某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象

英英释义

noun

双语例句

  • 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。
  • They say Europe needs a lot more fiscal profligacy if it is to bring unemployment down.
    他们表示,如果要降低失业率,欧洲需要更多的财政挥霍。
  • German anger at Greece's profligacy could easily delay the cash it would need should bond markets close.
    但德国不满于希腊的肆意挥霍,这很有可能拖延救助资金的发放从而导致债券市场关闭。
  • That said, US fiscal profligacy will push the dollar risk premium higher over time.
    这就是说,随着时间的推移,美国财政的大幅扩张将推高美元的风险溢价。
  • 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 United punished them for their early profligacy in the most clinical of fashion.
    但是曼联用最好的方式惩罚了他们的浪费。
  • 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。
  • Maybe the tide will reverse, now that America has been laid low yet again by the profligacy of its citizens.
    这股潮流或许会逆转&既然美国已再一次被国民的肆意挥霍挫伤了元气。不过这也难说。
  • Since any subsidy distorts decisions towards greater profligacy, government debt will probably swell, possibly to unsustainable levels.
    由于任何补贴都可能扭曲政府决策,令其更加倾向于挥霍,政府债务可能会膨胀,乃至上升至不可持续的水平。
  • 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。