简单释义：

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adj. 挥霍的；浪费的

n. 放荡的人；恣意挥霍的人

网络 挥金如土的；挥霍者；浪子

变形：

复数：profligates  

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完整释义：

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adj.

1.放荡的;挥霍的
2.放荡的;堕落的;荒淫的
3.极度浪费的
4.浪荡的,道德败坏

n.

1.恣意挥霍的人
2.放荡的人,浪子
3.无赖,浪荡公子

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例句：

1. The Germans want a different sort of centralisation, built on rules to punish the profligate.
   德国人需要的是一种不同的集权制，它建立在惩罚挥霍的基础上。

2. Democrats are so wary of sounding profligate that they seldom mention their chief strategy for reducing unemployment while campaigning.
   民主党对挥霍的名声非常谨慎，他们在竞选时很少提及减少失业的主要策略。

3. Mr. Jackson appears to have been guilty of profligate spending and reckless indifference to his financial affairs.
   杰克逊似乎挥霍成性，同时对自己的财务也漠不关心。

4. It must have, but reining in such a profligate program that subsidizes idleness is an idea that makes sense.
   一定会的，但是控制这样一个为失业补贴的浪费项目是有意义的。

5. But avoiding the sort of profligate spending of the US and UK has not saved Japan, Germany and China from credit bust fallout.
   但是，避免美英等国那种大肆消费习惯，并未使日本、德国和中国免受信贷萧条的冲击。

6. All of the Western religions begin with the notion of Eden, and descend through a kind of profligate present, to a very ugly future.
   西方所有的宗教都是始于伊甸园这个概念，然后走过放荡的现今，直向一个极其丑恶的未来。

7. Germany, which relies heavily on exports, has lectured Washington about its economic policies, which Berlin sees as profligate and damaging.
   德国严重依赖出口，它对华盛顿的经济政策加以训斥，认为这些政策浪费、有害。

8. "So these changes are only a minor portent of what is likely to come, especially if we continue on our carbon-profligate pathway. "
   “因此，这些变化只是未来可能发生情况的微小征兆，尤其是如果我们继续肆意排放二氧化碳。”