spendthrift
英 [ˈspend.θrɪft]
美 [ˈspend.θrɪft]
- adj. 挥霍无度的;浪费的
- n. 挥霍无度的人;浪费的人
spendthrift 挥霍者spend,花钱,花销,thrift,节省,储蓄。引申词义挥霍者,大手大脚花钱的人。
- spendthrift (n.)
- c. 1600, from spend (v.) + thrift (n.) in sense of "savings, profits, wealth." Replaced earlier scattergood (1570s) and spend-all (1550s). From c. 1600 as an adjective.
- 1. I had always been a kind of spendthrift.
- 我这人向来都有点儿挥金如土.
- 2. He disowned his spendthrift son.
- 他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系.
- 3. 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.
- 4. Nobody corrects a spendthrift for consuming his substance in taverns.
- 没有人会纠正一个在酒店中挥霍他的财产的人.
- 5. 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?