单词：profligate
n. 放荡者, 享乐者
n a recklessly extravagant consumer
s recklessly wasteful
s unrestrained by convention or morality
考试类型：[GRE]
profligate的用法和样例：
例句
- We both know that he has been profligate in every sense of the world.我们都知道他已变成不折不扣的淫棍。
- These profligate sons of the rich used to get away with all sorts of crimes.这些纨绔子弟犯下种种罪行，但常能逍遥法外。
- Similarly Americans have been profligate in the handling of mineral resources.同样的，美国在处理矿产资源方面亦多浪费。
- Thus the crisis punishes the frugal more than the profligate.如此看来，危机对节俭者的惩罚，要比对恣意挥霍者更为严厉。
- Why do you bring your profligate companions here?为什么你要把你那些酒肉朋友带到这里来呢?
经典引文
The energy he..wasted with profligate disregard.
出自：L. Deighton
- baggage行李
- abandoned被抛弃的
- dissolute放荡的
- spendthrift浪费的人
- extravagant奢侈的
- wasteful浪费的
- reckless鲁莽的
- decadent堕落的
- licentious放荡的
- immoral不道德的
- wicked坏的
- shameless无耻的
- prodigal挥霍的
- libertine性行为放纵者...
- debauched堕落的
- squanderer浪费者
- riotous暴乱的
- rakehell浪子
- degenerate退化
- dissipated驱散，消散（动词diss...
- rake耙子
- rip撕裂
- blood血
- degraded被贬低的
- fast快的
- roue放荡者
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