profligacies

[美]/ˈprɒflɪɡəsi/
[英]/ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 放荡, 挥霍, 不检点

例句

The celebrity's profligacy with money led to his financial downfall.

这位名人挥霍金钱导致了他的财务崩溃。

Her profligacy with time resulted in missed deadlines.

她浪费时间导致了错过截止日期。

The company's profligacy in spending on unnecessary luxuries raised concerns among shareholders.

公司在不必要奢侈品上的挥霍引起了股东的担忧。

His profligacy in gambling drained his savings.

他赌博的挥霍耗尽了他的储蓄。

The government's profligacy in budgeting has led to a growing national debt.

政府在预算上的挥霍导致国债不断增加。

She was known for her profligacy in buying designer clothes.

她以购买名牌服装的挥霍而闻名。

The profligacy of the royal family was a topic of gossip among the common people.

皇室家族的挥霍成为普通人之间的八卦话题。

His profligacy with resources caused shortages in the production process.

他对资源的挥霍导致了生产过程中的短缺。

The profligacy of the corporation's executives was exposed in a financial audit.

公司高管的挥霍在财务审计中曝光。

The profligacy of the politician's lifestyle raised questions about his integrity.

政治家生活方式的挥霍引发了对他诚信的质疑。

原声例句

There is no question, in other words, that America will end up bearing much of the cost of Puerto Rico's past profligacy.

换言之,毫无疑问,波多黎各曾经肆意挥霍,最后需要美国共同承担。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls them, it was to know nothing.

对于使感官麻木的禁欲主义,就像对于使感官麻木的庸俗挥霍一样,人们一无所知。

来源: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Uncertainty about the euro zone's future is still acute, not least because its politicians are more focused on preventing future profligacy than supporting embattled economies today.

欧元区经济前景不确定性使形势仍然很严峻,不仅因为政治家们更多的关注于预防未来肆意挥霍,而忽略了对四面楚歌的经济的扶持。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

Worried by the pollution caused by a throwaway culture, Oliver Franklin-Wallis-a British journalist who has written for The Economist-heads to places that best illustrate this profligacy.

曾为《经济学人》撰稿的英国记者奥利弗·富兰克林-沃利斯对一次性文化造成的污染深感担忧,于是前往了最能体现这种挥霍浪费的地方。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

Both parents and the government, in consequence of this view, may be said to wink at profligacy, and even in the last resource to encourage its practice.

由于这种观点, 父母和政府都可以说对挥​​霍视而不见, 甚至在鼓励这种做法的最后资源中也是如此。

来源: Kreutzer Sonata

In the near future such a level—once seen by fiscal hawks as evidence of profligacy—may come to be viewed as a relic of a more prudent time.

在不久的将来,这样的水平——曾经被财政鹰派视为挥霍无度的证据——可能会被视为更谨慎时代的遗迹。

来源: Economist Finance and economics

The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay to Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.

达西竟毫不迟疑地把骄奢淫逸的罪名加在韦翰先生身上,这使她极其惊骇──何况她又提不出反证,于是就越发惊骇。

来源: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

Germany, for instance, thinks the main problem is fiscal profligacy and so is reluctant to boost Europe's rescue fund; yet a far bigger fund is needed if a rescue is to be credible.

以德国人为例,他们觉得主要问题是财政浪费并且不愿意支援欧洲的贮备金;但是拥有庞大基数的储备金是必须,如果解救措施想要赢得口碑。

来源: The Economist - Comprehensive

Think of tricky customers like Argentina, whose profligacy made it a serial defaulter on its sovereign debt, or Turkey, where interest rates remain low even as inflation blazes above 80%.

想想狡猾的客户, 比如阿根廷,其挥霍无度使其成为主权债务的连续违约者, 或者土耳其, 即使通货膨胀率超过 80%, 利率仍然很低。

来源: Economist Finance and economics

His conduct is observed and attended to by nobody; and he is, therefore, very likely to neglect it himself, and to abandon himself to every sort of low profligacy and vice.

没有人观察和注意他的行为;因此,他自己很可能会忽视它,而沉溺于各种低级的放荡和恶习中。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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