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profligate

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形容词、名词/ˈprɒflɪɡət//ˈprɑːflɪɡət/

动词/ˈprɒflɪɡeɪt//ˈprɑːflɪɡeɪt/

adj.: 放荡的，不检点的，浪费的
n.: 放荡者，享乐者

中文释义来自 ECDICT

词源链

原始词根
原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年
*per-*bʰleyǵ-
拉丁语Latin约前 75–公元 3 世纪
prōflīgātus
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英语English
profligate

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释义

形容词adjective

1Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
2Immoral; abandoned to vice.
3participial adjectiveOverthrown, ruined.

名词noun

1An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a

The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 an 3) and pro-), from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō (1st conjugation compound verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

person.

2An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

动词verb

1obsoleteTo drive away; to overcome.

动词verb

1Obsolete form of profligated (past participle of profligate): profligated: routed, overcome, driven away.

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派生词 5

unprofligate
profligacy
profligately
profligateness
profligatory

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