profligacy

英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]

美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]

n.  挥霍; 浪费

BNC.34527 / COCA.33795

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 挥霍；浪费
  Profligacyis the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.
  1. ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
     某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象

英英释义

noun

• dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  Synonym:dissipationdissolutionlicentiousnesslooseness
• the trait of spending extravagantly
  Synonym:extravaganceprodigality

双语例句

• Since any subsidy distorts decisions towards greater profligacy, government debt will probably swell, possibly to unsustainable levels.
  由于任何补贴都可能扭曲政府决策，令其更加倾向于挥霍，政府债务可能会膨胀，乃至上升至不可持续的水平。
• China's overall surplus and America's overall deficit have less to do with the value of the yuan than with Chinese saving and American profligacy.
  中国的全部顺差和美国的全部逆差同（人民币）元的价值的关联要小于同中国人储蓄和美国人挥霍的关联。
• But if he is to tackle all or any of this, he must balance his plans with other savings or new revenues if his legacy is not to be one of profligacy and debt.
  如果他想解决上述全部或部分问题，他必须用在其它地方省下来的钱，或者新的收入来为他的这些计划买单–如果他不希望自己留下的遗产是挥霍浪费或巨额债务的话。
• Surplus countries often enjoy contrasting their prudent selves with the profligacy of others.
  顺差国家通常喜欢将自身的节俭与其它国家的铺张浪费进行对比。
• The Gilded Age was one of extreme profligacy, both in business investment and sumptuous expenditure.
  不管是商业投资、还是豪华消费，镀金时代（GildedAge）都算得上极度挥霍的时期之一。
• But United punished them for their early profligacy in the most clinical of fashion.
  但是曼联用最好的方式惩罚了他们的浪费。
• Fourth, the greatest risk of sovereign credit crises comes not from profligacy but slow growth and deflation.
  第四，主权信贷危机的最大风险并非来自肆意挥霍，而是来自增长缓慢和通缩。
• There is more to the story than an angry collision between Greek profligacy and German moral superiority.
  这件事不仅仅是希腊人的挥霍无度和德国人的道德优越感之间的迎头怒撞。
• Fiscal hawks would argue this is the price to pay for the profligacy of the recent past.
  财政鹰派可能辩称，这是人们为过去一段时间肆意挥霍付出的代价。
• That said, US fiscal profligacy will push the dollar risk premium higher over time.
  这就是说，随着时间的推移，美国财政的大幅扩张将推高美元的风险溢价。