profligate
浪费的,挥霍的(pro+flig打出+ate→把钱不断的打出去→挥霍)
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profligate
/ 5prCflIgIt , -7geIt /
◙ adjective1. recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources• 恣意挥霍的;极其浪费的 »profligate consumers of energy. 大肆浪费的能源消费者。 licentious ; dissolute • 荒淫的;放荡的;行为不检的 »he succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle. 他整日酗酒,生活荒淫无度。◙ noun1. a licentious, dissolute person• 放荡的人;荒淫无度者【派生】
♦ profligacy noun♦ profligately adverb【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'overthrown, routed'): from Latin profligatus 'dissolute', past participle of profligare 'overthrow, ruin', from pro- 'forward, down' + fligere 'strike down'
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