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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 

GRE

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.
        1. Spendthriftis also an adjective.
        2. ...his father's spendthrift ways.
          他父亲挥金如土

      英英释义

      noun

      adj

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • My mother always told me not to be a spendthrift.
        我母亲经常告诉我不大手大脚。
      • My mother warned me about marrying a spendthrift.
        我妈妈告诫我,不要与挥霍金钱的人结婚。
      • Bloom is a true emotional spendthrift who uses his feelings lavishly.
        布卢姆是个真正的滥情者。
      • 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;
      • Every year the avenue is more lustrously paved with the gold of a million spendthrift tourists from mainland China.
        每年都会有大量来自中国内地的游客,他们挥金如土,给条大街撒下的黄金让它更加炫目。
      • My father tells me I'm too much of a spendthrift.
        我父亲说我太浪费了。
      • He accused the Council of being spendthrift.
        他指控委员会挥钱财。
      • How long will emerging economies continue to finance america's spendthrift habits?
        新兴经济体还会为美国的挥霍无度埋单多久?
      • From China's perspective, Mr Obama's emergency measures to stimulate the US economy and persuade Americans to spend their way out of recession smack of re-creating the spendthrift ways that triggered the crisis in the first place.
        在中国看来,奥巴马刺激美国经济以及劝说国人通过消费摆脱衰退的紧急措施,都带着点重蹈覆辙的意味,因为最先引发这场危机的,正是大肆挥霍的消费方式。