单词
spendthrift
英 ['spen(d)θr?ft]
美
基本信息
- adj. 挥霍无度的；浪费的
- n. 挥霍无度的人；浪费的人
GRE
词态变化
复数:?spendthrifts;
中文词源
spendthrift 挥霍者
spend,花钱，花销，thrift,节省，储蓄。引申词义挥霍者，大手大脚花钱的人。
英文词源
- spendthrift (n.)
- c. 1600, from spend (v.) + thrift (n.) in sense of "savings, profits, wealth." Replaced earlier scattergood (1570s) and spend-all (1550s). From c. 1600 as an adjective.
双语例句
- 1. I had always been a kind of spendthrift.
- 我这人向来都有点儿挥金如土.
来自辞典例句
- 2. He disowned his spendthrift son.
- 他与挥金如土的儿子脱离父子关系.
来自辞典例句
- 3. As a good manager, he would put a stop to such spendthrift courses.
- 他既然是一个善于经理钱财的人, 就应当阻止这种浪费的行径.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Nobody corrects a spendthrift for consuming his substance in taverns.
- 没有人会纠正一个在酒店中挥霍他的财产的人.
来自互联网
- 5. How long will emerging economies continue to finance America's spendthrift habits?
- 新兴经济体还会为美国的挥霍无度埋单多久?
来自互联网
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