wastrel

Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastrelwas‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in lifeExamples from the Corpuswastrel• But these two spent their gifts like wastrels.• Another time, Lucy talked about Jeremy, his father's wastrel shadow ever in the background.• The family were not rich; much of their land had been sold to pay the debts of successive wastrel sons.Origin wastrel (1500-1600) waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)

单词	wastrel
释义	wastrel Word family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwastrelwas‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in lifeExamples from the Corpuswastrel• But these two spent their gifts like wastrels.• Another time, Lucy talked about Jeremy, his father's wastrel shadow ever in the background.• The family were not rich; much of their land had been sold to pay the debts of successive wastrel sons.Origin wastrel (1500-1600) waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)
随便看	debit something from something debit to debitum debonair Debra Debrett Debrett's Debretts debrief debris debriser debt debt adjustment debt arrears debt burden debt capacity debt capital debt collection debt collector debt collector debt consolidation loan debt counsellor debt counselor debt equity ratio debt equity swap