Spendthrift
['spen(d)θrɪft]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.
(a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
贺拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Prodigal, squanderer, waster, UNTHRIFT.
編輯:齐克
解釋/意思:
n. one who spends the savings of thrift: a prodigal.—adj. excessively lavish.
錄入:内丽
例句/造句/用法:
- Or did he only seem to be a member of the ruling body, although in truth he was neither ruler nor subject, but just a spendthrift? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- This practice is, in most cases, the expedient of a spendthrift, who, for a sum of ready money sells a future revenue of much greater value. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- As you say, he seemed to be a ruler, but was only a spendthrift. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
伊万杰琳校對