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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 

GRE

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.
        1. Spendthriftis also an adjective.
        2. ...his father's spendthrift ways.
          他父亲挥金如土

      英英释义

      noun

      adj

      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。