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
- Neither should we expect the "return" of American consumers indeed, we should worry at their reappearance, for what it says about both their rationality and a financial system that facilitates such profligacy.
我们也不应指望美国消费者的“回归”，实际上，他们回归才让人担忧，因为这既说明了他们的理性问题，也说明了金融体系为这种挥霍行为提供了方便。 - Since any subsidy distorts decisions towards greater profligacy, government debt will probably swell, possibly to unsustainable levels.
由于任何补贴都可能扭曲政府决策，令其更加倾向于挥霍，政府债务可能会膨胀，乃至上升至不可持续的水平。 - 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。 - 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。 - There was tut-tutting about American profligacy.
中国对美国的肆意挥霍发出了不满的啧啧声。 - The former will soon discover they cannot do without the profligacy of the latter.
不过前者很快就会意识到，它们离不开后者的肆意挥霍。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But would not the puncturing of the balanced budget myth give the green light to vast government profligacy?
不过，打破预算平衡的神话会不会为政府大肆挥霍大开绿灯？