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考法 Profligate Spendthrift 1】Adj./N.挥金如土的,挥霍的 Recklessly Wasteful Wildly Extravagant

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【考法 1】adj./n.挥金如土的,挥霍的: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant
【例】leading a profligate life过着骄奢淫逸的生活
【近】extravagant, high-rolling, spendthrift, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
【反】parsimonious, provident, thrift, economical, frugal, conserving 吝啬的,节俭的
【考法 2】n.败家子: someone who spends money freely or foolishly
【例】profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt再也支撑不了在蒙蒂塞洛之时的大手大脚的作风,败家子杰斐逊最终深陷债务危机
【近】fritterer, high roller, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel
【反】economizer, penny-pincher 吝啬的人
【考法 3】n.堕落的人: a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
【例】a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life 一个喝醉的堕落的人,在生活的方方面面都日趋堕落
【近】backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip

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