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

• 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。
• Profligacy is the new prudence.
  挥霍应该是一种新式的审慎。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus Scotland would have an incentive towards profligacy that the rest of the UK would not.
  因此，苏格兰有动机趋向挥霍，英国其余地区则没有。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。