spendthrift

英 [ˈspendθrɪft]

美 [ˈspendθrɪft]

n.  花钱无度的人; 挥霍者
adj.  浪费的，奢侈的

复数：spendthrifts　

GRE

BNC.34671 / COCA.29234

牛津词典

noun

• 花钱无度的人；挥霍者
  a person who spends too much money or who wastes money

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 挥霍者;浪费金钱的人
  If you call someone aspendthrift, you mean that they spend too much money.
  1. Spendthriftis also an adjective.
     
  2. ...his father's spendthrift ways.
     他父亲挥金如土

英英释义

noun

• someone who spends money prodigally
  Synonym:spend-allspenderscattergood

adj

• recklessly wasteful
  1. prodigal in their expenditures
  Synonym:extravagantprodigalprofligate

双语例句

• If you are a spendthrift, you set a poor example that others will copy – with the company's money.
  如果你大手大脚，就会为别人树立一个效仿的坏榜样&用公司的钱。
• My father tells me I'm too much of a spendthrift.
  我父亲说我太浪费了。
• Everybody knows the US dollar is in decline, but China has to keep buying US treasury bills-using the Chinese people's hard-earned money to foot the bill for the spendthrift America.
  面对人人皆知的「没落中的美元」，中国还要动用外汇储备不断买入美国债券，广大中国人民胼手胝足、辛勤所得，就这样替挥霍无度的美国埋单。
• The oil industry, given half a chance, is inefficient and spendthrift.
  石油行业只要稍有机会就会变得低效和挥霍无度。
• What a spendthrift! All the money he makes goes on new ears.
  他真是个花钱如流水的人！挣的钱都用来购置新车。
• But the bonanza also risks feeding some Brazilian vices: a spendthrift and corrupt political system;
  但是这一幸运之事也可能助长巴西某些社会恶习的滋生：一个挥霍无度并腐败的政体；
• If you're a spendthrift picking amate, you might unconsciously be looking for help reining in badspending habits.
  如果你花钱大手大脚，在选择伴侣时可能就不由自主地渴望控制不良支出习惯。
• He disowned his spendthrift son.
  他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。
• From China's perspective, Mr Obama's emergency measures to stimulate the US economy and persuade Americans to spend their way out of recession smack of re-creating the spendthrift ways that triggered the crisis in the first place.
  在中国看来，奥巴马刺激美国经济以及劝说国人通过消费摆脱衰退的紧急措施，都带着点重蹈覆辙的意味，因为最先引发这场危机的，正是大肆挥霍的消费方式。
• Even so, the spendthrift cannot afford to wait for economic growth to pull their debt burdens down.
  但即便如此，这个大手惯了的国家等不及用经济增长来减轻债务负担了。