Word · Frequency #22405
profligates
放荡者；浪荡子
profligates is the plural of profligate.
A person who behaves immorally and without restraint; a dissolute person.
- 1.
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
堕落的人；公然无耻的恶棍
- 2.
a dissolute man in fashionable society
时尚社会中的放荡者
- 3.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
过度浪费或奢侈的人
- 4.
a recklessly extravagant consumer
不计后果的奢侈消费者
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
In use
The young profligate squandered his entire fortune on gambling and parties.
In the novel, the profligate is eventually abandoned by all his friends.
The profligate's lavish lifestyle quickly drained his family's wealth.
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。
The profligates of the aristocracy often fell into debt.
贵族中的那些挥霍者常常陷入债务。
such a profligate
用于强调某人的品行。
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- rake
- 浪荡子 · 强调社交圈中的放荡生活方式，比profligate更侧重社交场景
Learner notes
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。
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。
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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