profligate
adj. 挥霍的; 浪费的; 放荡的; 行为不检点的
Someone who is profligate spends too much money or uses too much of something.
...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world.
世界上能源挥霍最严重的国家
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. a recklessly extravagant consumer
1. recklessly wasteful;
2. unrestrained by convention or morality;
Thus the crisis punishes the frugal more than the profligate.
如此看来,危机对节俭者的惩罚,要比对恣意挥霍者更为严厉.
German public opinion is firmly set against the public purse to help the profligate Greeks.
德国舆论坚决反对使用其国库的钱来帮助挥霍的希腊人.
But like all the most successful illicit traders, China is ideologically profligate in its relations.
就像那些成功的违法交易以一样, 中国正在享受这种关系带来的好处.
He is a careless profligate.
他是个粗枝大叶的浪荡子.
Yet they have something in common: both involve the profligate deployment of resources.
然而这些行为却有着一些共同之处: 它们都牵涉了大肆的资源挥霍.