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spendthrifts ˈspendˌθrɪfts COCA¹⁴¹²¹²BNC¹⁰⁴⁵⁸⁴⁺⁶Economist³⁴³¹⁸⁺³
基本例句
n.贬花钱无度的人；挥霍者spendthrift的名词复数；败家子原型spendthrift的复数 America's generous treatment of corporate bankrupts has been widely abused by common spendthrifts—so much so that Congress tightened the law in 2005 to restrict access to the system.
美国政府对破产的慷慨处理方法曾经被大大的滥用和浪费——导致2005年议会修改了相关法律，严格了破产准入程序。 ecocn
At the communal level —so the thinking goes — everything is a wash, and we're just changing the distribution of“ total output” based on which people were frugal and which were spendthrifts.
这种想法源于公有制，在公有制的情况下，所有财产都是一个整体，我们需要的只是根据人们需求的多寡而对“总产出”的分配作出调整而已。 yeeyan
Despite jokes about women as spendthrifts, mothers and grandmothers are expected to consider their children’s needs as paramount.
不管那些把女性当做挥霍无度的笑话，母亲还有曾祖母都被期望把他们的孩子当做是至高无上的。 yeeyan
His advisers worry that Mr Cameron is building a monopoly on notions of community, conscience and responsibility— leaving Labour looking like uninspiring spendthrifts.
他的顾问担心卡梅伦先生正在构建关于社群、良知与责任的垄断话语权——让工党看上去像个没有新意的败家子。 ecocn
Its ten-year bonds yield a mere 4.15% or so, only about30 basis points 0.3 percentage points more than their German equivalents. The markets are just as kind to other euro-zone spendthrifts.
意大利10年期债券的收益率为4.15%左右，只比德国同种债券高差不多30个基点即0.3%，但债券市场却如其他欧元区国家一般火爆。 topsage
The Democrats, fearing to be seen as spendthrifts, did not pass one, opting instead for a“ continuing resolution” that maintains spending at the levels set in last year’s budget.
担心大笔挥霍纳税人钱财而被发现，民主党人并未通过一项新的解决方案，他们转而决定继续沿用把支出水平维持在去年制定的预算目标上的“连续性的解决方案”。 ecocn
The danger here is that by seeming to have been taken for a ride by AIG's spendthrifts, he will weaken his position with Congress.
这么做的风险是，看似被 AIG的挥霍无度戏耍了一番的奥巴马总统将弱化自己在国会中的地位。 ecocn
Voters will have to choose between them: defenders of the rich in the Republican corner, reckless spendthrifts in the Democratic one.
选民们也只能在他们之间做出选择：是支持一个维护富人利益的共和党，还是选择一个只会大手大脚花钱的民主党。 ecocn
We are such spendthrifts with our lives.
我们是我们人生里怎样的一群挥霍者。 vip.book.sina.com.cn
Spendthrifts, however, don't necessarily have the moral high ground.
然而，挥霍无度的人却并不必然能够占据道德制高点。 yeeyan |