spendthrift

英 [ˈspendθrɪft]

美 [ˈspendθrɪft]

n.  花钱无度的人; 挥霍者
adj.  浪费的，奢侈的

复数：spendthrifts　

GRE

BNC.34671 / COCA.29234

牛津词典

noun

• 花钱无度的人；挥霍者
  a person who spends too much money or who wastes money

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 挥霍者;浪费金钱的人
  If you call someone aspendthrift, you mean that they spend too much money.
  1. Spendthriftis also an adjective.
     
  2. ...his father's spendthrift ways.
     他父亲挥金如土

英英释义

noun

• someone who spends money prodigally
  Synonym:spend-allspenderscattergood

adj

• recklessly wasteful
  1. prodigal in their expenditures
  Synonym:extravagantprodigalprofligate

双语例句

• My mother warned me about marrying a spendthrift.
  我妈妈告诫我，不要与挥霍金钱的人结婚。
• One of Turan's complaints: "All that money also allowed spendthrift Spider-Man3 to acquire too many villains" including an egomaniacal Spider-Man alter ego himself.
  图兰也抱怨道“所有那些投资金促使挥霍无度的《蜘蛛侠3》请来了太多的恶棍”，其中包括一个转变成极端利己分子的蜘蛛侠。
• And he is scathing about the spendthrift ways of the Republican party after 2000-suggesting that it deserved to lose the 2006 midterm elections.
  他对共和党在2000年之后大肆挥霍的做法进行了严厉批评&暗指共和党在2006年中期选举中失利，也是应得的下场。
• What a spendthrift! All the money he makes goes on new ears.
  他真是个花钱如流水的人！挣的钱都用来购置新车。
• 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。
• Every year the avenue is more lustrously paved with the gold of a million spendthrift tourists from mainland China.
  每年都会有大量来自中国内地的游客，他们挥金如土，给条大街撒下的黄金让它更加炫目。
• He accused the Council of being spendthrift.
  他指控委员会挥钱财。
• The oil industry, given half a chance, is inefficient and spendthrift.
  石油行业只要稍有机会就会变得低效和挥霍无度。
• In the end, however, spendthrift consumers defied the government.
  然而，结果是挥霍无度的消费者公然和政府作对。
• My father tells me I'm too much of a spendthrift.
  我父亲说我太浪费了。