spendthrift

[美國]/ˈspendθrɪft/
[英國]/ˈspendθrɪft/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 花錢無度的人;揮霍者
adj. 浪費的,奢侈的
Word Forms

例句

She is a spendthrift when it comes to buying designer clothes.

她在購買名牌服裝時很揮霍。

He regrets being a spendthrift in his youth and not saving more money.

他後悔年輕時揮霍無度,沒有存更多的錢。

The spendthrift lifestyle eventually caught up with him, leading to financial troubles.

揮霍的生活方式最終讓他陷入了財務困境。

It's important to budget wisely and avoid being a spendthrift.

明智地做預算,避免揮霍是很重要的。

She needs to control her spendthrift tendencies and start saving for the future.

她需要控制自己的揮霍傾向,開始爲未來存錢。

He was labeled as a spendthrift by his family due to his extravagant spending habits.

由於他奢侈的消費習慣,他被家人稱爲揮霍者。

The spendthrift behavior of constantly buying new gadgets drained his savings quickly.

不斷購買新設備的揮霍行爲迅速耗盡了他的儲蓄。

Being a spendthrift can lead to financial insecurity and stress.

揮霍會導致財務不安全和壓力。

She realized the consequences of her spendthrift ways and decided to change her spending habits.

她意識到揮霍方式的後果,決定改變自己的消費習慣。

It's important to distinguish between treating oneself and being a spendthrift.

重要的是區分給自己獎勵和揮霍。

原聲例句

Basanio is loving, lighthearted, and a bit of a spendthrift.

巴薩尼奧充滿愛心,輕鬆愉快,有點揮霍無度。

來源: Appreciation of English Poetry

That irritated credit-card firms, which claimed that spendthrifts abused the system; so in 2005 the law was toughened.

這激怒了信用卡公司,並聲稱,“敗家子們”濫用了系統;也因此2005年,法律變嚴格了。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.

他們自己總是, 毫無例外,是社會上最大的揮霍者。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

Though he wasn't a spendthrift, he bought an expensive spectrometer.

雖然他不是個揮霍者,他買了一臺昂貴的分光儀。

來源: Pan Pan

Men are born spendthrifts and only know how to waste.

男人天生揮霍, 只知道揮霍。

來源: Family and the World (Part 1)

Sometimes Ireland's been a bit more spendthrift in past decades and has suffered financial shocks and crises.

有時,愛爾蘭在過去幾十年裏有點揮霍, 並遭受了金融衝擊和危機。

來源: Financial Times Podcast

At the same time he was more of a carouser and spendthrift than ever.

與此同時,他比以往任何時候都更加狂歡和揮霍。

來源: One Hundred Years of Solitude

The truth came out eventually, but the public already saw her as a wasteful spendthrift.

真相最終水落石出,但公衆已經將她視爲揮霍無度的揮霍者。

來源: TED-Ed (video version)

This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts.

然而, 這種對金錢匱乏的抱怨並不總是侷限於沒有遠見的揮霍者。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Three)

In my family, there are penny- pinchers and spendthrifts, and everything in between.

在我的家裏,有吝嗇鬼和揮霍者,以及介於兩者之間的一切。

來源: 2005 ESLPod

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