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
- And he is scathing about the spendthrift ways of the Republican party after 2000-suggesting that it deserved to lose the 2006 midterm elections.
他对共和党在2000年之后大肆挥霍的做法进行了严厉批评&暗指共和党在2006年中期选举中失利,也是应得的下场。 - As a good manager, he would put a stop to such spendthrift courses.
他既然是一个善于经理钱财的人,就应当阻止这种浪费的行径。 - If you're a spendthrift picking amate, you might unconsciously be looking for help reining in badspending habits.
如果你花钱大手大脚,在选择伴侣时可能就不由自主地渴望控制不良支出习惯。 - Bloom is a true emotional spendthrift who uses his feelings lavishly.
布卢姆是个真正的滥情者。 - 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。 - 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; - If anything, it is Beijing some of whose officials now privately boast they have nothing at all to learn from the Great Spendthrift that has the upper hand.
总之,北京占了上风。中国某些官员现在私下夸耀,美国这个大挥霍者根本没有什么值得他们学习的。 - Everybody knows the US dollar is in decline, but China has to keep buying US treasury bills-using the Chinese people's hard-earned money to foot the bill for the spendthrift America.
面对人人皆知的「没落中的美元」,中国还要动用外汇储备不断买入美国债券,广大中国人民胼手胝足、辛勤所得,就这样替挥霍无度的美国埋单。 - The spendthrift son had once again pulled a fast one on his tight-fisted father.
那个浪子又一次设计欺骗他吝啬的父亲。 - He accused the Council of being spendthrift.
他指控委员会挥钱财。
