| 单词 | wastrel |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['weistrəl] |
| 解释 | n.挥霍无度的人 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 挥霍无度的人 (one who spends resources foolishly and self-indulgently; profligate) 【考】 inexperience : neophyte / irresponsibility : wastrel(新手是无经验的/败 家子是无责任心的) 【记】 waste(浪费)+rel; 【同】 参考:wastry(挥霍) |
| 字源 | wastrel (n.) "spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) + pejorative suffix -rel. Earlier "something useless or imperfect" (1790). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 挥霍无度的人; 败家子 = profligate 【记】wastre = waste浪费, l: 败家子 【参】wasteland(n 荒地) 【类】inexperience: neophyte = irresponsibility: wastrel新手无经验 = 败家子无责任心 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】waste浪费 + rel 音:人→浪费的人 |
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