profligacy
基本解釋
- n.放蕩；不檢點；浪費
英漢例句
- The industry became a byword for mendacity, secrecy and profligacy with taxpayers' money.
這個產(chǎn)業(yè)已經(jīng)成為謊言、秘密以及浪費納稅人錢財?shù)拇~。 - That stance would help dispel the government’s reputation for profligacy, while chiming with a residual hunch that the party cares more about the public services than the Tories.
這種姿態(tài)有助于平凡政府肆意揮霍的罪名，也與民眾殘存的直覺一致——民眾直覺認為工黨比保守黨更加注重公共服務(wù)。 - Thanks to Chancellor Brown’s profligacy and overoptimism in the good years, government borrowing as a share of GDP is forecast by the IMF to be the highest in the entire G20 in 2010.
“多虧”首相布朗在經(jīng)濟景氣的時候肆意揮霍和過于樂觀，國際貨幣基金組織（IMF）預(yù)測2010年英國的政府開支占其GDP的比重將會是二十國集團中最高的。 - "Yes, it's redistribution, but it's redistribution based on energy profligacy and dependence, " says Kaiser.
FORBES: Magazine Article - When Congress prefers profligacy—which is most of the time—they become little more than an inconvenience.
FORBES: With Budget Cap Game, Washington Ducks Real Problem - But this kind of pork-barrel profligacy has helped keep Japan mired in semirecession for a decade.
FORBES: Fact and Comment
雙語例句
權(quán)威例句
英英字典
- Profligacy is the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.