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Spendthrift 考法 N.挥霍者,败家子 Person Spends Improvidentlv Wastefully 例】The

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【考法 1 】n.挥霍者,败家子: a person who spends improvidentlv or wastefully
【例】The spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year. 这个败家子只用 了一年就把自己继承的遗产挥霍一空。
【近】fritterer, profligate, spender, squanderer, waster, wastrel
【反】economizer, penny-pincher 节约的人;hoarder, miser, niggard 吝啬鬼
【考法 2】adj.挥霍的,不节俭的: given to spending money freely or foolishly
【例】Spendthrift consumers amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards.那些爱挥霍财富的消费者们在他们的信用卡上累积了一大笔债务。
【近】extravagant, improvident, squandering, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful
【反】conserving, economical, frugal, penny-pinching, provident, scrimping, skimping, thrifty 节俭的

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