• adj. 放蕩的，不檢點的；恣意揮霍的
• n. 放蕩者；享樂者

pro-,向前，-flig,擊，打，詞源同afflict,conflict.比喻用法。

profligate

profligate: [16] Something that is profligate has etymologically been ‘beaten down’ to a state of ruination or degradation. The word was adapted from Latin prōflīgātus ‘destroyed, dissolute’, an adjective based on the past participle of prōflīgāre ‘beat down, destroy’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ (used here in the sense ‘down’) and flīgere ‘hit’ (source also of English afflict, conflict [15], and inflict [16]).
=> afflict, conflict, inflict

profligate (adj.)

1520s, "overthrown, routed" (now obsolete in this sense), from Latin profligatus "destroyed, ruined, corrupt, abandoned, dissolute," past participle of profligare "to cast down, defeat, ruin," from pro- "down, forth" (see pro-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Main modern meaning "recklessly extravagant" is 1779, via notion of "ruined by vice" (1640s, implied in a use of profligation). Related: Profligately. As a noun from 1709.

1. Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.

他們揮霍的生活方式導致的破產.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. This young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water.

這個青年完全有可能成為十足的浪子.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Similarly Americans have been profligate in the handling of mineral resources.

同樣的,美國在處理礦產資源方面亦多浪費.

來自辭典例句

4. He is a careless profligate.

他是個粗枝大葉的浪蕩子.

來自辭典例句

5. He is wicked and profligate.

他厚顏無恥,道德敗壞.

來自辭典例句