Spendthrift

(noun.) someone who spends money prodigally.

录入:保拉

• Or did he only seem to be a member of the ruling body, although in truth he was neither ruler nor subject, but just a spendthrift? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This practice is, in most cases, the expedient of a spendthrift, who, for a sum of ready money sells a future revenue of much greater value. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• As you say, he seemed to be a ruler, but was only a spendthrift. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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