wastrel 英 [ˈweɪstrəl] 　 美 [ˈwestrəl]

wastrel

wastrel　 英 [ˈweɪstrəl] 美 [ˈwestrəl]

n. 废品；浪费者　

名词复数:wastrels　

The government of Luxembourg, however, has recently grown fed up with wastrel youths applying for unemployment benefits while still living with their parents.　然而在卢森堡，政府对那些与父母同住又来领救济金无所事事的年轻人越来越忍无可忍。
The troubles that destroyed Tang—the loss of his job, the collapse of his marriage, heartbreak over his wastrel only child—are all too common across China.　失业、离异、唯一的孩子又是个败家子，这些摧毁唐永明的麻烦事在全中国太常见了。

  • Your brother who spends money as quickly as he gets it, always wearing new clothes and taking friends out for expensive dinners? You might call him a wastrel, meaning he spends his money foolishly.
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  • n. 废品；浪费者

  • 1. The government of Luxembourg, however, has recently grown fed up with wastrel youths applying for unemployment benefits while still living with their parents.

    然而在卢森堡，政府对那些与父母同住又来领救济金无所事事的年轻人越来越忍无可忍。

  • 2. The troubles that destroyed Tang—the loss of his job, the collapse of his marriage, heartbreak over his wastrel only child—are all too common across China.

    失业、离异、唯一的孩子又是个败家子，这些摧毁唐永明的麻烦事在全中国太常见了。

  • wastrel (n.) "spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) + pejorative suffix -rel. Earlier "something useless or imperfect" (1790).
wast·rel / ˈweɪstrəl ; NAmE ˈweɪstrəl / noun ( literary) a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way 花花公子；浪荡子；二流子 wastrel wastrels wast·rel / ˈweɪstrəl ; NAmE ˈweɪstrəl /
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