wastrel

Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastrelwas‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in lifeExamples from the Corpuswastrel• But these two spent their gifts like wastrels.• Another time, Lucy talked about Jeremy, his father's wastrel shadow ever in the background.• The family were not rich; much of their land had been sold to pay the debts of successive wastrel sons.Origin wastrel (1500-1600) waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)

单词	wastrel
释义	wastrel Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastrelwas‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in lifeExamples from the Corpuswastrel• But these two spent their gifts like wastrels.• Another time, Lucy talked about Jeremy, his father's wastrel shadow ever in the background.• The family were not rich; much of their land had been sold to pay the debts of successive wastrel sons.Origin wastrel (1500-1600) waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)
随便看	have somebody laughing/crying etc have somebody on a string have somebody over have somebody over a barrel have somebody round have somebody to thank for (doing) something have somebody up have somebody/something in mind (for something) have somebody/something in your sights have somebody/something to fall back on have somebody’s (best) interests at heart have somebody’s ear have somebody’s number have something (all) to herself have something (all) to himself have something (all) to myself have something (all) to yourself have something against somebody/something have something at your/their etc fingertips have something coming (to you) have something coming out (of) your ears have something doing something have something from somebody have something in common (with somebody) have something in common (with something)