prodigality

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌprɒdɪˈɡælɪti/    美 /ˌprɑdɪˈɡælɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Wasteful extravagance. countable,uncountable
    — The plain where he was riding was one immense thicket of the gum cistus, whose frail white leaves, just veined with the faintest pink, fell in showers at the least movement of the passer-by. What a prodigality of blossom!—for the gum cistus, born and withered in an hour, is the most ephemeral of flowers.
  2. Lavish generosity. countable,uncountable
    — At least there was an air of reckless prodigality in their appearance, and the most fastidious guest would surely find the wine his soul craved for, at all events) in the label.

词形变化

prodigalities plural

词汇关系

近义词
spendthrift extravagance imprudence prodigality profligacy profligateness profusion recklessness
反义词
frugality thriftiness miserliness stinginess
相关词
prodigal

词源

From prodigal + -ity, from Old French prodigalite, from Late Latin prodigalitas.
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