| 单词 | profligacy |
| 释义 | profligacy (once / 4905 pages) n If your life is built on the search for reckless, sensual pleasure with no thought of possible consequences, then you are living a life of profligacy, and probably spending a lot of money to get it. How wasteful! The idea of a loose, dissipated life, is seen in the noun profligacy, which comes from the Latin prōflīgātus, meaning "corrupt or dissolute." It's been said Americans live in a state of profligacy with regard to petroleum use, wasting it in the manufacture of everything from water bottles to nail polish to traffic cones. Someday this profligacy will catch up to us, however. With rising gasoline prices, perhaps it already has! WORD FAMILYprofligacy: profligacies+/profligate: profligacy, profligately, profligates USAGE EXAMPLESHis “Waste of the Week” awards documented real instances of appalling government profligacy. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) The miss prompted immediate flashbacks to the Uruguayan’s profligacy in the game in Paris back in September, but he would soon find his range. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) Liverpool, however, had only themselves to blame for the profligacy that followed. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) 1n the trait of spending extravagantly Syn|Hyper extravagance, prodigality improvidence, shortsightedness a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources 2n dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure Syn|Hyper dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence |
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