profligacy
英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]
美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]
n. 挥霍; 浪费
BNC.34527 / COCA.33795
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 挥霍；浪费
Profligacyis the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象
- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
英英释义
noun
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- the trait of spending extravagantly
双语例句
- Neither should we expect the "return" of American consumers indeed, we should worry at their reappearance, for what it says about both their rationality and a financial system that facilitates such profligacy.
我们也不应指望美国消费者的“回归”，实际上，他们回归才让人担忧，因为这既说明了他们的理性问题，也说明了金融体系为这种挥霍行为提供了方便。 - Thus Scotland would have an incentive towards profligacy that the rest of the UK would not.
因此，苏格兰有动机趋向挥霍，英国其余地区则没有。 - The profligacy of the West shocked him.
西方的极度浪费使他震惊。 - There may be a way to combat this credit-card in-duced profligacy.
可能会有方法来抑制这种信用卡肆意消费。 - But if he is to tackle all or any of this, he must balance his plans with other savings or new revenues if his legacy is not to be one of profligacy and debt.
如果他想解决上述全部或部分问题，他必须用在其它地方省下来的钱，或者新的收入来为他的这些计划买单–如果他不希望自己留下的遗产是挥霍浪费或巨额债务的话。 - A few years ago most economists argued that the spectacle of poor countries bankrolling America's deficits was the perverse and unsustainable consequence of American profligacy.
在几年前，大多数经济学都认为，穷国资助美国赤字的壮观景象是美国人肆意挥霍所产生的不正常也不可持续的结果。 - That said, US fiscal profligacy will push the dollar risk premium higher over time.
这就是说，随着时间的推移，美国财政的大幅扩张将推高美元的风险溢价。 - Since any subsidy distorts decisions towards greater profligacy, government debt will probably swell, possibly to unsustainable levels.
由于任何补贴都可能扭曲政府决策，令其更加倾向于挥霍，政府债务可能会膨胀，乃至上升至不可持续的水平。 - Surplus countries often enjoy contrasting their prudent selves with the profligacy of others.
顺差国家通常喜欢将自身的节俭与其它国家的铺张浪费进行对比。 - Fourth, the greatest risk of sovereign credit crises comes not from profligacy but slow growth and deflation.
第四，主权信贷危机的最大风险并非来自肆意挥霍，而是来自增长缓慢和通缩。