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
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.- Spendthriftis also an adjective.
- ...his father's spendthrift ways.
他父亲挥金如土
- Spendthriftis also an adjective.
英英释义
noun
- someone who spends money prodigally
adj
- recklessly wasteful
- prodigal in their expenditures
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。