spendthrift

• adj. 揮霍無度的；浪費的
• n. 揮霍無度的人；浪費的人

spend,花錢，花銷，thrift,節省，儲蓄。引申詞義揮霍者，大手大腳花錢的人。

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.

1. I had always been a kind of spendthrift.

我這人向來都有點兒揮金如土.

來自辭典例句

2. He disowned his spendthrift son.

他與揮金如土的兒子脫離父子關係.

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3. As a good manager, he would put a stop to such spendthrift courses.

他既然是一個善於經理錢財的人, 就應當阻止這種浪費的行徑.

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4. Nobody corrects a spendthrift for consuming his substance in taverns.

沒有人會糾正一個在酒店中揮霍他的財產的人.

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5. How long will emerging economies continue to finance America's spendthrift habits?

新興經濟體還會為美國的揮霍無度埋單多久?

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