profligacy
英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]
美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]
n. 挥霍; 浪费
BNC.34527 / COCA.33795
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 挥霍;浪费
Profligacyis the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象
- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
英英释义
noun
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- the trait of spending extravagantly
双语例句
- Third, investors panicking about the eurozone or US profligacy had to buy something when selling euros and dollars.
第三,对欧元区或美国的挥霍感到恐慌的投资者们在抛售欧元和美元后,总得买点什么。 - Profligacy is the new prudence.
挥霍应该是一种新式的审慎。 - Deficit countries cannot be expected to spend their way into bankruptcy, while surplus countries condemn as profligacy the spending from which their exporters benefit so much.
不可能指望赤字国家花钱花到破产,同时,顺差国家还在指责这是铺张浪费,尽管它们的出口企业从中获利丰厚。 - Surplus countries often enjoy contrasting their prudent selves with the profligacy of others.
顺差国家通常喜欢将自身的节俭与其它国家的铺张浪费进行对比。 - Neither should we expect the "return" of American consumers indeed, we should worry at their reappearance, for what it says about both their rationality and a financial system that facilitates such profligacy.
我们也不应指望美国消费者的“回归”,实际上,他们回归才让人担忧,因为这既说明了他们的理性问题,也说明了金融体系为这种挥霍行为提供了方便。 - Fourth, the greatest risk of sovereign credit crises comes not from profligacy but slow growth and deflation.
第四,主权信贷危机的最大风险并非来自肆意挥霍,而是来自增长缓慢和通缩。 - But if he is to tackle all or any of this, he must balance his plans with other savings or new revenues if his legacy is not to be one of profligacy and debt.
如果他想解决上述全部或部分问题,他必须用在其它地方省下来的钱,或者新的收入来为他的这些计划买单–如果他不希望自己留下的遗产是挥霍浪费或巨额债务的话。 - China's overall surplus and America's overall deficit have less to do with the value of the yuan than with Chinese saving and American profligacy.
中国的全部顺差和美国的全部逆差同(人民币)元的价值的关联要小于同中国人储蓄和美国人挥霍的关联。 - German anger at Greece's profligacy could easily delay the cash it would need should bond markets close.
但德国不满于希腊的肆意挥霍,这很有可能拖延救助资金的发放从而导致债券市场关闭。 - IN GERMAN EYES this crisis is all about profligacy.
在德国人看来,这场危机全因挥霍而起。