spendthrift

美 [ˈspendθrɪft]英 [ˈspendθrɪft]
  • adj.挥霍无度的;浪费的,奢侈的
  • n.挥霍者;花钱无度的人

复数: spendthrifts 派生词: spendthrift adj.

spendthriftspendthrift

noun

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

spendthrift

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 挥霍者;浪费金钱的人
    If you call someone a spendthrift, you mean that they spend too much money.

    See also:Spendthrift is also an adjective.

noun

1
someone who spends money prodigally
Synonym: spend-all spender scattergood

adj

1
recklessly wasteful
prodigal in their expenditures
Synonym: extravagant prodigal profligate

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  1. 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。

  2. But as those banks start blowing up and its economy shrinks , Spain will look more like its spendthrift southern European neighbor .

    但如果西班牙的银行开始破产,经济开始萎缩,它就会变得跟南面这位挥霍无度的欧洲邻居没什么两样。

  3. Contrary to the popular myth , women are not reckless spendthrifts .

    和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反,女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。

  4. In the past , the grandson of a prime minister was a notorious spendthrift .

    从前,有个宰相的孙子是有名的败家子。

  5. A 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 .

    一个败家子因为挥霍无度白白耗费了所有的财产。在一个早春的日子里,除了身上的衣服之外,已经别无所有的他,看到一只燕子。

  6. Those that used to play are playing still , so spendthrift is life .

    常常在游戏的那些人,仍然还在那里游戏,生命总是如此地浪费。

  7. My mother always told me not to be a spendthrift .

    我母亲经常告诉我不大手大脚。

  8. As a good manager , he would put a stop to such spendthrift courses .

    他既然是一个善于经理钱财的人,就应当阻止这种浪费的行径。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. How long will emerging economies continue to finance america 's spendthrift habits ?

    新兴经济体还会为美国的挥霍无度埋单多久?

  12. Person who receive property by way of bailment spendthrift trust

    用委托方式接受财产的人

  13. My father tells me I 'm too much of a spendthrift .

    我父亲说我太浪费了。

  14. The spendthrift consumption causes severe ecological and social issues , and the human pay more attention to the moderate consumption .

    目前由于过度消费引发的严峻的生态、社会等问题,引起了人们对适度消费的重视。

  15. Bloom is a true emotional spendthrift who uses his feelings lavishly .

    布卢姆是个真正的滥情者。

  16. The spendthrift son had once again pulled a fast one on his tight-fisted father .

    那个浪子又一次设计欺骗他吝啬的父亲。

  17. 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。

  18. The relation of parent to child . He disowned his spendthrift son .

    父母对孩子之间的关系他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. Well , I never was a spendthrift . You know , until finishing university , I didn 't have much of my own money .

    京晶:嗯,我从来不会是花钱大手大脚的人,你知道,直到大学毕业,我都没有多少自己的钱。

  23. He accused the Council of being spendthrift .

    他指控委员会挥钱财。

  24. The priorities should be to deal with costly health service , spendthrift regions and the labour taxes that drag on competitiveness .

    重点应当是对付成本高昂的医疗服务、挥霍的地方政府,以及拖累竞争力的劳动力税赋。

  25. Kids with credit cards aren 't the reckless spendthrifts they 've been portrayed to be , the study shows .

    该研究称,拥有信用卡的孩子并非一直以来被大家描绘成的挥霍者。

  26. Bigger structural changes need to occur before China turns into a nation of spendthrift shoppers : specifically , the creation of a decent welfare net .

    在中国成为庞大的消费国之前,它必须进行规模更大的结构改革:特别是构建一个像样的福利体系。

  27. But since stepping down as head of Focus on the Family in2003 , he has been spendthrift with the political capital he took so long accumulating .

    然而,自2003年卸任“爱家机构”的会长职务之后,杜布森却开始大肆利用起了他在过去漫长岁月中积累下来的政治资本。

  28. 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。

  29. Its characters of endowment , irrevocability and spendthrift protection determine that the right , obligation and responsibility of trustee are different from general trustee .

    其养老保障、不可随意撤销和禁止挥霍的特性,决定了企业年金信托受托人的权利、义务和责任与一般信托的受托人相比有所不同。

  30. Some are opposed to approving any taxpayer dollars for an organisation they caricature as bailing out spendthrift Mediterranean countries .

    一些共和党人反对批准把任何纳税人的资金交给IMF&他们不无讽刺地将IMF描述为只会为挥霍无度的地中海国家提供纾困的组织。