Word · Frequency #22405
profligate
放荡者；浪荡子
核心释义
A person who behaves immorally and without restraint; a dissolute person.
- 1.
堕落的人；公然无耻的恶棍
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- 2.
时尚社会中的放荡者
a dissolute man in fashionable society
- 3.
过度浪费或奢侈的人
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
- 4.
不计后果的奢侈消费者
a recklessly extravagant consumer
挥霍者；浪费者；堕落的人；公然无耻的恶棍；时尚社会中的放荡者；过度浪费或奢侈的人；不计后果的奢侈消费者
用法In use
The young profligate squandered his entire fortune on gambling and parties.
用法提示：此处 profligate 作名词，指一个放荡、挥霍无度的人。
In the novel, the profligate is eventually abandoned by all his friends.
用法提示：profligate 作为名词，指一个行为不检点、生活奢侈的人。
The profligate's lavish lifestyle quickly drained his family's wealth.
用法提示：这里 profligate 是名词所有格形式，表示放荡者的生活方式。
a profligate
通常指道德或财务上不负责任的人。
He was known as a profligate who squandered his inheritance.
他被称为一个放荡挥霍的人，挥霍掉了他的遗产。
the profligates
复数形式指代一群这样的人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a dissolute profligate
- 放荡的浪荡子
- The novel's hero is a dissolute profligate who wastes his entire fortune.这部小说的主人公是个放荡的浪荡子，把全部家产挥霍殆尽。
- a reckless profligate
- 不计后果的挥霍者
- He was a reckless profligate who gambled away his family's savings.他是个不计后果的挥霍者，把家里的积蓄都赌光了。
- a penniless profligate
- 身无分文的浪荡子
- By the end, the penniless profligate was begging for food.到最后，这个身无分文的浪荡子沦落到讨饭为生。
- a young profligate
- 年轻的浪荡子
- The young profligate spent his entire allowance in a single week.这个年轻的浪荡子在一周内就把零用钱花光了。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把profligate里的flig想成fly，钞票像纸飞机一样飞走——挥霍无度的浪荡子。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式文体、历史/社会评论 profligate 作名词时比较正式，多用于文学或正式评论中，指行为放荡或挥霍无度的人。日常口语中较少使用，常带有强烈的贬义色彩。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
发音匹配：gate /ɡeɪt/、gait /ɡeɪt/、great /ɡreɪt/、late /leɪt/、plate /pleɪt/ 与 profligate 末尾的 /eɪt/ 一致（其中 gate 和 gait 同音，great 拼作 -eat 但读音相同）；investigate /ɪnˈvestɪˌɡeɪt/ 与 profligate 共享 -igate 拼写和 /ɡeɪt/ 结尾。注意 profligate 的主重音在第一音节 /prɔ/，不要把 -gate 念成主重音；类似拼写但发音不同的词如 plait /plæt/ 需小心。
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