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

• dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  Synonym:dissipationdissolutionlicentiousnesslooseness
• the trait of spending extravagantly
  Synonym:extravaganceprodigality

双语例句

• The former will soon discover they cannot do without the profligacy of the latter.
  不过前者很快就会意识到，它们离不开后者的肆意挥霍。
• Deficit countries cannot be expected to spend their way into bankruptcy, while surplus countries condemn as profligacy the spending from which their exporters benefit so much.
  不可能指望赤字国家花钱花到破产，同时，顺差国家还在指责这是铺张浪费，尽管它们的出口企业从中获利丰厚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The profligacy of the West shocked him.
  西方的极度浪费使他震惊。
• 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。
• 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。