profligacy

美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]
  • n.挥霍;浪费
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profligacy

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    N-UNCOUNT 挥霍;浪费
    Profligacy is the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.

    ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.

    某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象

noun

1
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Synonym: dissipation dissolution licentiousness looseness
2
the trait of spending extravagantly
Synonym: extravagance prodigality

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  1. Subsequently , this statement was quoted widely in the colony as an evidence of profligacy .

    结果这句话成为肆意挥霍的一个例证在那块领地里传开了

  2. IN GERMAN EYES this crisis is all about profligacy .

    在德国人看来,这场危机全因挥霍而起。

  3. Recession , they reason , must be a penance for past profligacy .

    经济衰退,他们推断,肯定是对过去大肆挥霍的赎罪

  4. 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。

  5. Surely such profligacy must have been something other than just honest mistakes ?

    这种恣意妄为肯定不仅仅是本意良好的错误导致的吧?

  6. The former will soon discover they cannot do without the profligacy of the latter .

    不过前者很快就会意识到,它们离不开后者的肆意挥霍。

  7. 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。

  8. Many have criticized the couple for profligacy and a perceived lack of taste .

    很多人批评这对夫妇肆意挥霍,缺乏品位。

  9. They say Europe needs a lot more fiscal profligacy if it is to bring unemployment down .

    他们表示,如果要降低失业率,欧洲需要更多的财政挥霍。

  10. Thus Scotland would have an incentive towards profligacy that the rest of the UK would not .

    因此,苏格兰有动机趋向挥霍,英国其余地区则没有。

  11. German anger at Greece 's profligacy could easily delay the cash it would need should bond markets close .

    但德国不满于希腊的肆意挥霍,这很有可能拖延救助资金的发放从而导致债券市场关闭。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. There is ample historic evidence of the link between fiscal profligacy and subsequent inflation .

    历史上大量证据表明,财政大幅扩张与随后出现的通胀之间存在关联。

  15. 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。

  16. But would not the puncturing of the balanced budget myth give the green light to vast government profligacy ?

    不过,打破预算平衡的神话会不会为政府大肆挥霍大开绿灯?

  17. There may be a way to combat this credit-card in-duced profligacy .

    可能会有方法来抑制这种信用卡肆意消费。

  18. 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。

  19. The Asians ' parsimony made the Anglo-Saxons ' profligacy possible .

    亚洲人的过度节约给盎格鲁撒克逊人创造了肆意挥霍的可能性。

  20. 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。

  21. Angela Merkel , chancellor , insisted on new rules to deal with fiscal profligacy and future bail-outs .

    该国总理安格拉默克尔(AngelaMerkel)坚持应出台新规则,用以对付财政上的挥霍行为,并规范未来的纾困行动。

  22. About five years out , McKinsey guesses , assuming inflation or government profligacy will not set the ball rolling early .

    大约5年后,麦肯锡猜测道,而前提是通胀或政府的挥霍行为不至于让这种局面提前发生。

  23. The profligacy of the West shocked him .

    西方的极度浪费使他震惊。

  24. Profligacy is the new prudence .

    挥霍应该是一种新式的审慎。

  25. 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。

  26. Maybe the tide will reverse , now that America has been laid low yet again by the profligacy of its citizens .

    这股潮流或许会逆转&既然美国已再一次被国民的肆意挥霍挫伤了元气。不过这也难说。

  27. Third , investors panicking about the eurozone or US profligacy had to buy something when selling euros and dollars .

    第三,对欧元区或美国的挥霍感到恐慌的投资者们在抛售欧元和美元后,总得买点什么。

  28. As king claudius , dissolute profligacy can only know drinking sprees .

    克劳狄斯身为国王,却荒淫无度,每天只知道饮酒作乐。

  29. Despite pockets of profligacy , if anything , China 's has become less rather than more of a consumer economy in the past decade .

    虽然一些中国人拥有恣意挥霍的财力,但如果说十年来有什么不同的话,那么中国的消费型经济特征变得更弱、而不是更强了。

  30. The authorities have tackled some of the more glaring problems that have long made Chinese banks a byword for profligacy .

    一些比较突出的问题曾使中国银行业长期成为“浪费”的代名词。