profligacy

[美國]/ˈprɒflɪɡəsi/
[英國]/ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 放蕩, 揮霍, 不檢點
Word Forms

例句

The celebrity's profligacy with money led to his financial downfall.

這位名人揮霍金錢導致了他的財務崩潰。

Her profligacy with time resulted in missed deadlines.

她浪費時間導致了錯過截止日期。

The company's profligacy in spending on unnecessary luxuries raised concerns among shareholders.

公司在不必要奢侈品上的揮霍引起了股東的擔憂。

His profligacy in gambling drained his savings.

他賭博的揮霍耗盡了他的儲蓄。

The government's profligacy in budgeting has led to a growing national debt.

政府在預算上的揮霍導致國債不斷增加。

She was known for her profligacy in buying designer clothes.

她以購買名牌服裝的揮霍而聞名。

The profligacy of the royal family was a topic of gossip among the common people.

皇室家族的揮霍成爲普通人之間的八卦話題。

His profligacy with resources caused shortages in the production process.

他對資源的揮霍導致了生產過程中的短缺。

The profligacy of the corporation's executives was exposed in a financial audit.

公司高管的揮霍在財務審計中曝光。

The profligacy of the politician's lifestyle raised questions about his integrity.

政治家生活方式的揮霍引發了對他誠信的質疑。

原聲例句

There is no question, in other words, that America will end up bearing much of the cost of Puerto Rico's past profligacy.

換言之,毫無疑問,波多黎各曾經肆意揮霍,最後需要美國共同承擔。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.

對於使感官麻木的禁慾主義,就像對於使感官麻木的庸俗揮霍一樣,人們一無所知。

來源: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Uncertainty about the euro zone's future is still acute, not least because its politicians are more focused on preventing future profligacy than supporting embattled economies today.

歐元區經濟前景不確定性使形勢仍然很嚴峻,不僅因爲政治家們更多的關注於預防未來肆意揮霍,而忽略了對四面楚歌的經濟的扶持。

來源: The Economist - Comprehensive

Worried by the pollution caused by a throwaway culture, Oliver Franklin-Wallis-a British journalist who has written for The Economist-heads to places that best illustrate this profligacy.

曾爲《經濟學人》撰稿的英國記者奧利弗·富蘭克林-沃利斯對一次性文化造成的污染深感擔憂,於是前往了最能體現這種揮霍浪費的地方。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

Both parents and the government, in consequence of this view, may be said to wink at profligacy, and even in the last resource to encourage its practice.

由於這種觀點, 父母和政府都可以說對揮​​霍視而不見, 甚至在鼓勵這種做法的最後資源中也是如此。

來源: Kreutzer Sonata

In the near future such a level—once seen by fiscal hawks as evidence of profligacy—may come to be viewed as a relic of a more prudent time.

在不久的將來,這樣的水平——曾經被財政鷹派視爲揮霍無度的證據——可能會被視爲更謹慎時代的遺蹟。

來源: Economist Finance and economics

The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay to Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.

達西竟毫不遲疑地把驕奢淫逸的罪名加在韋翰先生身上,這使她極其驚駭──何況她又提不出反證,於是就越發驚駭。

來源: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

Germany, for instance, thinks the main problem is fiscal profligacy and so is reluctant to boost Europe's rescue fund; yet a far bigger fund is needed if a rescue is to be credible.

以德國人爲例,他們覺得主要問題是財政浪費並且不願意支援歐洲的貯備金;但是擁有龐大基數的儲備金是必須,如果解救措施想要贏得口碑。

來源: The Economist - Comprehensive

Think of tricky customers like Argentina, whose profligacy made it a serial defaulter on its sovereign debt, or Turkey, where interest rates remain low even as inflation blazes above 80%.

想想狡猾的客戶, 比如阿根廷,其揮霍無度使其成爲主權債務的連續違約者, 或者土耳其, 即使通貨膨脹率超過 80%, 利率仍然很低。

來源: Economist Finance and economics

His conduct is observed and attended to by nobody; and he is, therefore, very likely to neglect it himself, and to abandon himself to every sort of low profligacy and vice.

沒有人觀察和注意他的行爲;因此,他自己很可能會忽視它,而沉溺於各種低級的放蕩和惡習中。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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