| 单词 | spendthrift |
| 释义 | spendthrift (once / 3892 pages) nadj A spendthrift person is reckless and wasteful with his money. If you're a spendthrift, you might find yourself in debt. However, it might be fun to have a spendthrift friend who likes to treat you to expensive lunches and lavish gifts. Spendthrift was created by sticking two opposite words together: spend and thrift, which means “savings, wealth.” So a spendthrift spends all of his savings. Spendthrift people are the worst nightmare of retirement planners and Scrooges all over the globe. So unless you want to be called a spendthrift, think twice about your next purchase. WORD FAMILYspendthrift: spendthrifts USAGE EXAMPLESThat independence can, for example, provide a tax advantage or prevent a spendthrift beneficiary from plowing through an inheritance. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Creditors doubt its resolve and expect it to go on bailing out the spendthrifts. Economist(Nov 17, 2016) They are generally friendly to business, their spendthrift populism aside. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1n someone who spends money prodigally Syn|Hypo|Hyper scattergood, spend-all, spender big spender, high roller one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment prodigal, profligate, squanderer a recklessly extravagant consumer 2adj recklessly wasteful Syn extravagant, prodigal, profligate wasteful tending to squander and waste |
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