profligacy
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡə.si/us/ˈprɑː.flɪ.ɡə.si/theactofspendingmoneyor using something in a way thatwastesit and is notwise:
非常浪费,奢侈(的行为)The profligacy of theWestshockedhim.西方国家的肆意挥霍使他震惊。
Yearsoffiscalprofligacy haveleftthecountrydeeplyindebt.多年的财政挥霍使国家深陷债务之中。
Thepartytook 12monthstoplanandfeaturedthetypeof profligacies that only thesuperrichcanafford.这个派对花了12个月的时间来策划,展示了只有超级富豪才能负担得起的那种挥霍。
badormorallywrongbehaviour:
放荡,荒淫,行为不检His profligacy waslegendary; hereportedlyfathered43children.他的荒淫无度是出了名的,据报道他有43个孩子。
They were told tokeepquietabout the Governor's profligacies.他们被告知要对总督的不检行为保持沉默。
- He wasangryat his wife's profligacy andinsistedshereturntheitems.
- Someofficialssuggestthat theriseinbankruptciesreflectsprofligacy amongAmericans.
- He will have torenouncehislifestyleofprivilegeand profligacy.
Wasting
- boondoggle
- dissipate
- dissipation
- down the drainidiom
- fritter
- piss
- pisssomethingaway
- prodigal
- prodigality
- prodigally
- profligate
- spendthrift
- throw good money after badidiom
- throwsomethingaway
- toss
- tosssomethingaway
- uneconomic
- wastage
- waste not, want notidiom
- wasted
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