profligacy
英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi]
美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]
n. 挥霍; 浪费
BNC.34527 / COCA.33795
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 挥霍;浪费
Profligacyis the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something.- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
某些州持续存在的肆意挥霍现象
- ...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
英英释义
noun
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
- the trait of spending extravagantly
双语例句
- China's overall surplus and America's overall deficit have less to do with the value of the yuan than with Chinese saving and American profligacy.
中国的全部顺差和美国的全部逆差同(人民币)元的价值的关联要小于同中国人储蓄和美国人挥霍的关联。 - Equally predictably, the surplus countries see things differently, and blame the profligacy and the debt addiction of the debtor countries.
同样可以预见的是,盈余国家的视角会有所不同,将问题归咎于债务国的铺张浪费和借债上瘾。 - And we have discussed how to chart the right path to steer clear of the dangers of deflation and inflation, prolonged fiscal profligacy and premature frugality.
我们讨论了如何探索正确的道路,规避通胀与通缩、长时间财政浪费和过早节俭的风险。 - Surplus countries often enjoy contrasting their prudent selves with the profligacy of others.
顺差国家通常喜欢将自身的节俭与其它国家的铺张浪费进行对比。 - IN GERMAN EYES this crisis is all about profligacy.
在德国人看来,这场危机全因挥霍而起。 - But United punished them for their early profligacy in the most clinical of fashion.
但是曼联用最好的方式惩罚了他们的浪费。 - A few years ago most economists argued that the spectacle of poor countries bankrolling America's deficits was the perverse and unsustainable consequence of American profligacy.
在几年前,大多数经济学都认为,穷国资助美国赤字的壮观景象是美国人肆意挥霍所产生的不正常也不可持续的结果。 - Deficit countries cannot be expected to spend their way into bankruptcy, while surplus countries condemn as profligacy the spending from which their exporters benefit so much.
不可能指望赤字国家花钱花到破产,同时,顺差国家还在指责这是铺张浪费,尽管它们的出口企业从中获利丰厚。 - Third, investors panicking about the eurozone or US profligacy had to buy something when selling euros and dollars.
第三,对欧元区或美国的挥霍感到恐慌的投资者们在抛售欧元和美元后,总得买点什么。 - That said, US fiscal profligacy will push the dollar risk premium higher over time.
这就是说,随着时间的推移,美国财政的大幅扩张将推高美元的风险溢价。