英语词汇“profligate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

profligate

(prɒflɪgɪt )

adjective

Someone who is profligate spends too much money or uses too much of something. [formal]

...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world.

Synonyms: extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful

Collocations:

profligate spending

They were also coming out of a period of profligate spending that has dried up almost completely.

Times, Sunday Times

But the rise represents an end to the nation's profligate spending, one of the key ways in which its rulers have sought to maintain stability.

Times, Sunday Times

Profligate spending has created a wide structural budget deficit.

Times, Sunday Times

By then his profligate spending and borrowing had left us defenceless to it.

The Sun

Leaving buying decisions to chance, or personal relationships, risks profligate spending — something most can ill afford.

Times, Sunday Times

单词	profligate
释义	profligate (prɒflɪgɪt ) adjective Someone who is profligate spends too much money or uses too much of something. [formal] ...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world. Synonyms: extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful Collocations: profligate spending They were also coming out of a period of profligate spending that has dried up almost completely. Times, Sunday Times But the rise represents an end to the nation's profligate spending, one of the key ways in which its rulers have sought to maintain stability. Times, Sunday Times Profligate spending has created a wide structural budget deficit. Times, Sunday Times By then his profligate spending and borrowing had left us defenceless to it. The Sun Leaving buying decisions to chance, or personal relationships, risks profligate spending — something most can ill afford. Times, Sunday Times
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