prodigality

prodigality

美 　英 [ˌprɒdɪ'ɡælətɪ]

• n.浪费；丰富；奢侈；慷慨
• 网络挥霍；挥霍浪费

英汉解释

n.	1. 浪费,挥霍;奢侈 2. 丰富,大量 3. 慷慨;豪爽

例句

They, not being able to follow him in his wealth, found it easier to copy him in prodigality and copious spending of what was not their own.

他们的家当赶不上他，可是觉得跟他学着去挥霍糟蹋那些不是他们自己的财物倒不难。

Leonid Brezhnev constructed private villas by prodigality , thus there were quite a few villas only on the outskirts of Moscow.

勃烈日涅夫滥建私人别墅，仅在莫斯科郊外就建了好几处。

If time being of things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

如果时间是最宝贵的东西，那么浪费时间就是最大的浪费。

From time immemorial proverbial wisdom has taught the virtues of saving, and warned against the consequences of prodigality and waste.

先哲早已告诉我们，储蓄是一种美德，而挥霍浪费则会带来种种恶果。

Seneca If time being of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

如果时间是最宝贵的东西，浪费时间应是最大的挥霍。

If time were of all things the most precious, wasting of time must be the greatest prodigality.

如果说，一切事物中时间是最宝贵的，那么浪费时光可能是最大的浪费。

lf time being of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

如果说时间是最宝贵的东西，浪费时间必然是最大的浪费

A had a capital of ten thousand pounds, but this has been extinguished --dissipated and destroyed by C's prodigality.

不是的，甲曾有一万镑资本，但这已经消失——被丙浪费挥霍掉了。

Thou shalt not abuse the good things that have been provided you in such prodigality , by using them against your neighbor.

你不应该滥用上帝赐予你的美好的东西去对付你的邻居。

If time being of things the most precious, wasting time must bethegreatest prodigality. -----Benjamin Franklin.

如果时间是最宝贵的东西，那么浪费时间就是最大的浪费。----本杰明。富兰克林。

Prodigality of Time, produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.

挥霍时间使心灵枯萎，财富尽失。

It is thought that the sea was inexhaustible for its infinity , freedom and prodigality.

并且，因为海洋的浩瀚无边、富饶自由，海洋渔业资源曾一度被认为是取之不尽，用之不竭的。

Wasting of time must bethegreatest prodigality.

浪费时间，必然是最大的挥霍。

neither by parsimony nor by prodigality, but by what is fit and proper.

他们既不过度节俭，也不挥霍浪费，而是会恰到好处。