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单词 profligate
释义
profligate
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡət/us
/ˈprɑː.flɪ.ɡət/
spendingmoneyor using something in a way thatwastesit and is notwise:
She is well-known for her profligatespendinghabits.她因一贯恣意挥霍钱财而出名。
The profligate use ofantibioticshasledto theevolutionofresistantbacteria.
Synonyms
extravagant
spendthrift
Opposites
canny(CLEVER)
careful
thrifty
behavingin a way that isbadormorallywrong:
Shecontinuesto put up with her husband's profligatebehaviour.
Corporatebodiesare morecorruptand profligate thanindividualsbecause they have morepowerto domischief.
Synonyms
immoral
wicked(BAD)
More examples
  • Spending £13,000 on ahandbagseemsoffensivelyprofligate.
  • Businessesspendmoneyatratesthatseemprofligate.
  • Sheplaysthepartof theorphaneddaughterof a profligateartistand aFrenchoperagirl.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wasting
  • boondoggle
  • dissipate
  • dissipation
  • down the drainidiom
  • fritter
  • piss
  • pisssomethingaway
  • prodigal
  • prodigality
  • prodigally
  • profligacy
  • spendthrift
  • throw good money after badidiom
  • throwsomethingaway
  • toss
  • tosssomethingaway
  • uneconomic
  • wastage
  • waste not, want notidiom
  • wasted
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profligacy
profligate
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡət/us
/ˈprɑː.flɪ.ɡət/
someone whobehavesin a way that ismorallywrongor whospendsandwastesa lot ofmoney:
He is adrunkardand a profligate.
More examples
  • Is he a man of goodcharacteror is he a profligate?
  • Thepreviousthreemonarchsweredescribedas "alunatic, a profligate, and abuffoon".
  • ThefamousLordRochester wasoncea profligate and aninfidel, but at lastbecameatruepenitent.
  • Inlicentiousnessheexceededthe mostnotedprofligates of theday.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad and wrong behaviour
  • act out
  • angel
  • ASB
  • astray
  • atyourworstidiom
  • beup to no goodidiom
  • go off the railsidiom
  • go round
  • impossible
  • in flagrante
  • incorrigible
  • rakish
  • rakishly
  • rakishness
  • rascally
  • reprehensible
  • villainy
  • while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
  • worst
  • wrongdoing
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(Definition ofprofligatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
profligate
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈprɒf.lɪ.ɡət/us
/ˈprɑː.flɪ.ɡət/
spendingmoneyin a way thatwastesit and is notwise
恣意挥霍的，浪费的
She is well-known for her profligatespendinghabits.她因一贯恣意挥霍钱财而出名。

profligate| American Dictionary

profligate
adjective
us
/ˈprɑf·lɪ·ɡət,-ˌɡeɪt/
wastingsomething,esp.money:
profligatespending
(Definition ofprofligatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofligate

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This will encourage new generations of housebuyers and developers to be lessprofligatein the use of land.
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She has been under arrest innumerable times, and when not in prison leads a mostprofligateand shameless life.
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Meanwhile, he lived ' an idle andprofligatelife never working at his business ', and squandering away their money.
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This safety factor does seemprofligate, so what's going on?
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We are awash in restless evangelicals,profligateof stern and apocalyptic advice.
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These increases areprofligate, expensive in terms of both mobility and infrastructure.
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Synthetic problem solvers, on the other hand, are often designed with large fast memory structures, which make possible relativelyprofligateuse of strategies employing backup.
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It is clear that these two transformations areprofligatein their introduction of propositions and generation of rules.
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Second, the energy required to provide lighting is up to three times the amount converted into light: artificial lighting is aprofligateuse of energy.
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Of courseprofligateowners have always struggled with the cost of upkeep.
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The natural world is characterised as unruly,profligate, and indecently fecund.
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This is probably due to the fact that gulls are attracted by the potential food made available by theprofligatediscarding of edible waste by man.
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Thatcherite energy policy was entirelyprofligateand threw away the lead that we had in renewable energy—in wave and wind power.
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We are trying to do that through planning policy guidance that seeks lessprofligateuse of land without downgrading the quality of the environment.
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First, a ceiling should be imposed on business rates as a safeguard against extravagant, high-spending,profligatelocal authorities.
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