profligacy of [sth]
表示某事物的挥霍或放荡。
The profligacy of the government's spending shocked the public.
政府开支的挥霍令人震惊。
挥霍；浪费
放荡；道德败坏；挥霍浪费；草率的浪费；无耻放荡的行为；道德败坏；放荡；不检点
挥霍浪费；草率的浪费
Careless wastefulness.
无耻放荡的行为；道德败坏
Shameless and immoral behaviour.
His profligacy with money led him to bankruptcy.
他在金钱上的挥霍无度导致他破产。
用法提示：名词作主语，表示‘浪费’的含义
The novel depicts the profligacy of the aristocracy in the 1920s.
这部小说描绘了20世纪20年代贵族的放荡生活。
用法提示：名词作宾语，表示‘放荡’的含义
She criticized the profligacy of her colleagues' lifestyle.
她批评了同事们生活方式的放纵不检点。
用法提示：名词作介词宾语，表示‘不检点’的含义
表示某事物的挥霍或放荡。
The profligacy of the government's spending shocked the public.
政府开支的挥霍令人震惊。
His profligacy in youth led to financial ruin.
他年轻时的放荡导致财务破产。
常见动词如 condemn, criticize, decry。
The community condemned the profligacy of the local officials.
社区谴责当地官员的挥霍无度。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a profligacy person.
正确表达He is a profligate person.
profligacy 是名词，不能用作形容词修饰人；应使用其形容词形式 profligate。
grammar · medium
易错句子His profligacies led to bankruptcy.
正确表达His profligacy led to bankruptcy.
profligacy 通常为不可数名词，不宜加复数；表示抽象概念时用单数形式。
profligacy是名词，表示放荡行为；profligate是形容词，描述人或行为放荡。
profligacy强调道德放荡，prodigality侧重钱财的挥霍。
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