单词	profligate
释义	profligateprof‧li‧gate /ˈprɒfləɡət $ ˈprɑː-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINprofligate Origin: 1500-1600 Latin past participle of profligare ‘to strike down’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES profligate spending of the taxpayer's money EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Although the sources are not profligate with information, it is possible to reach a more differentiated picture. At a time when vast tracts were unsettled, it was all too easy for governments to be profligate. How can we make our use of praise discriminating and therefore meaningful, rather than profligate or ritualized? In her day at the parsonage the consumption of butter and eggs was not so profligate. The implication of this is that the more profligate councils will not be re-elected. This profligate recipe for survival is used by many animals of many kinds. Would not that be threatened only by the advent of a Labour Government, with their profligate spending plans? 1wasting money or other things in a careless way SYN  wasteful:  profligate spending the profligate use of energy resources2behaving in an immoral way and not caring that your behaviour is bad—profligacy noun [uncountable]—profligate noun [countable]
随便看	likeable likelihood likely like-minded like-mindedness liken likeness likewise liking Likud lilac Lilith Lilliburlero Lilliput Lilliputian lilliputian Lilo lilt lilting lily lily-livered lily of the valley lily-white Lima lima bean

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