英 [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi] 美 [ˈprɑːflɪɡəsi]
n. 肆意挥霍；放荡；浪费
profligacy /ˈprɒflɪɡəsɪ/
不可数名词 Profligacy is the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something. 挥霍; 浪费
...the continuing profligacy of certain states.
...某些州持续存在的挥霍浪费现象。
the trait of spending extravagantly
同义词： extravagance / prodigality
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
同义词： dissipation / dissolution / licentiousness / looseness
... dispassionate◇partial 不动感情的◇偏袒的 persiflage 戏弄，挖苦 profligacy 挥霍 ...
... 肆意抨击 potshot 肆意挥霍 profligacy 肆意挥霍的 dissolute, profligate ...
... 不检点 = imprudence 不检点 = profligacy 不欢而散 = (of a meeting ...
浪费(profligacy), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
profuse 丰富的；很多的；慷慨的；浪费的
profligate 放荡的，不检点的；恣意挥霍的
profligate 放荡者；享乐者
profuseness 挥霍；丰富
肆意挥霍；放荡；浪费
The public seethed at the Banks' profligacy.
大家对银行的挥霍强压着怒火。
Germany, like Spain, paid a heavy price for their profligacy.
像西班牙一样，德国也为浪费机会付出沉重代价。
So why ask them to pay in unborn children for our profligacy?
那么，为什么要求他们不生孩子来为我们的挥霍买单？
That would have made it 279-8 and the left-handers made the tourists pay for the profligacy.
"Yes, it's redistribution, but it's redistribution based on energy profligacy and dependence, " says Kaiser.
When Congress prefers profligacy which is most of the time they become little more than an inconvenience.