profligate
profligate
[ˈprɒflɪgət]
adjective
profligacy
noun
profligately
adverb
语源
[ˈprɒflɪgət]
adjective
- recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources
恣意挥霍的；极其浪费的
profligate consumers of energy.
大肆浪费的能源消费者。
■licentious; dissolute
荒淫的；放荡的；行为不检的
he succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle.
他整日酗酒，生活荒淫无度。
- a licentious, dissolute person
放荡的人；荒淫无度者
profligacy
noun
profligately
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'overthrown, routed'): from Latin profligatus 'dissolute', past participle of profligare 'overthrow, ruin', from pro- 'forward, down' + fligere 'strike down'
考试词汇表
