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
- Those that used to play are playing still, so spendthrift is life.
常常在游戏的那些人,仍然还在那里游戏,生命总是如此地浪费。 - One of Turan's complaints: "All that money also allowed spendthrift Spider-Man3 to acquire too many villains" including an egomaniacal Spider-Man alter ego himself.
图兰也抱怨道“所有那些投资金促使挥霍无度的《蜘蛛侠3》请来了太多的恶棍”,其中包括一个转变成极端利己分子的蜘蛛侠。 - My mother always told me not to be a spendthrift.
我母亲经常告诉我不大手大脚。 - 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; - He disowned his spendthrift son.
他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - If you are a spendthrift, you set a poor example that others will copy – with the company's money.
如果你大手大脚,就会为别人树立一个效仿的坏榜样&用公司的钱。