| 释义 |
ˈsquanderlust U.S. slang.
[f. squander v., after wanderlust.]
A strong desire to spend money or to waste assets; also loosely = next.
1935Amer. Speech X. 155/1 Louis Ludlow, member of Congress and former Washington correspondent..is the author of America Go Bust, which ‘focuses attention on the bureaucratic squanderlust’ of our times. 1960Wall St. Jrnl. 5 May 8/2 Politicians.., moved..by an any-year philosophy of squanderlust, lead the country down the road to economic trouble. 1977Time 18 July 72/3 No longer the ultimate expression of corporate and personal squanderlust, the private plane is now a ubiquitous..means of air travel to smaller cities. |