profligate
adjective /ˈprɒflɪɡət/
/ˈprɑːflɪɡət/
(formal, disapproving)- using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way
挥霍的；浪费的 - profligate spending
恣意挥霍的开支 - the profligate use of resources
对资源的肆意使用 - The opposition criticized the government’s profligate spending plans.
反对派批评了政府挥霍无度的开支计划。 - The report dismisses claims that the US is profligate in its use of energy.
该报告驳斥了美国在能源使用上挥霍无度的说法。
词源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’. - profligate spending