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profligate [ˈprɑ:flɪgət]

adj. 挥霍的; 浪费的; 放荡的; 行为不检点的;
n. 放荡的人,浪子,肆意挥霍者;

例句:

  • Duff was a brilliant intellect and a profligate seducer.
    来自WSJ
  • Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
    他们挥霍的生活方式导致的破产.
  • This young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water.
    这个青年完全有可能成为十足的浪子.
  • Similarly Americans have been profligate in the handling of mineral resources.
    同样的,美国在处理矿产资源方面亦多浪费.
  • Compared with Ferrante, Thomas Pynchon is a publicity profligate.
    来自NEWYORKER
  • Germans have alternated between periods of profligate borrowing and staunch purism.
    来自Dictionaries