spendthrift

[美]/ˈspendθrɪft/
[英]/ˈspendθrɪft/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 花钱无度的人;挥霍者
adj. 浪费的,奢侈的
词形变化

例句

She is a spendthrift when it comes to buying designer clothes.

她在购买名牌服装时很挥霍。

He regrets being a spendthrift in his youth and not saving more money.

他后悔年轻时挥霍无度,没有存更多的钱。

The spendthrift lifestyle eventually caught up with him, leading to financial troubles.

挥霍的生活方式最终让他陷入了财务困境。

It's important to budget wisely and avoid being a spendthrift.

明智地做预算,避免挥霍是很重要的。

She needs to control her spendthrift tendencies and start saving for the future.

她需要控制自己的挥霍倾向,开始为未来存钱。

He was labeled as a spendthrift by his family due to his extravagant spending habits.

由于他奢侈的消费习惯,他被家人称为挥霍者。

The spendthrift behavior of constantly buying new gadgets drained his savings quickly.

不断购买新设备的挥霍行为迅速耗尽了他的储蓄。

Being a spendthrift can lead to financial insecurity and stress.

挥霍会导致财务不安全和压力。

She realized the consequences of her spendthrift ways and decided to change her spending habits.

她意识到挥霍方式的后果,决定改变自己的消费习惯。

It's important to distinguish between treating oneself and being a spendthrift.

重要的是区分给自己奖励和挥霍。

原声例句

Basanio is loving, lighthearted, and a bit of a spendthrift.

巴萨尼奥充满爱心,轻松愉快,有点挥霍无度。

来源: Appreciation of English Poetry

That irritated credit-card firms, which claimed that spendthrifts abused the system; so in 2005 the law was toughened.

这激怒了信用卡公司,并声称,“败家子们”滥用了系统;也因此2005年,法律变严格了。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.

他们自己总是, 毫无例外,是社会上最大的挥霍者。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Two)

Though he wasn't a spendthrift, he bought an expensive spectrometer.

虽然他不是个挥霍者,他买了一台昂贵的分光仪。

来源: Pan Pan

Men are born spendthrifts and only know how to waste.

男人天生挥霍, 只知道挥霍。

来源: Family and the World (Part 1)

Sometimes Ireland's been a bit more spendthrift in past decades and has suffered financial shocks and crises.

有时,爱尔兰在过去几十年里有点挥霍, 并遭受了金融冲击和危机。

来源: Financial Times Podcast

At the same time he was more of a carouser and spendthrift than ever.

与此同时,他比以往任何时候都更加狂欢和挥霍。

来源: One Hundred Years of Solitude

The truth came out eventually, but the public already saw her as a wasteful spendthrift.

真相最终水落石出,但公众已经将她视为挥霍无度的挥霍者。

来源: TED-Ed (video version)

This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts.

然而, 这种对金钱匮乏的抱怨并不总是局限于没有远见的挥霍者。

来源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Three)

In my family, there are penny- pinchers and spendthrifts, and everything in between.

在我的家里,有吝啬鬼和挥霍者,以及介于两者之间的一切。

来源: 2005 ESLPod

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