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

• He accused the Council of being spendthrift.
  他指控委员会挥钱财。
• He disowned his spendthrift son.
  他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• Spendthrift, who had wasted his fortune, and had nothing left but the clothes in which he stood, saw a swallow one fine day in early spring.
  有一个败家子，已挥霍完他所有的财产，就剩下身上穿的衣服了。早春的一个晴天，他看到了一只燕子。
• My mother warned me about marrying a spendthrift.
  我妈妈告诫我，不要与挥霍金钱的人结婚。
• 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。
• And he is scathing about the spendthrift ways of the Republican party after 2000-suggesting that it deserved to lose the 2006 midterm elections.
  他对共和党在2000年之后大肆挥霍的做法进行了严厉批评&暗指共和党在2006年中期选举中失利，也是应得的下场。
• And unless your spouse is a complete spendthrift, compromising is a heck of a lot cheaper than a divorce.
  妥协的代价总比离婚要低，除非你的另一半根本就是一个挥霍无度的人。
• In the end, however, spendthrift consumers defied the government.
  然而，结果是挥霍无度的消费者公然和政府作对。