improvident
发音
英 [ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt]
美 [ɪmˈprɑːvɪdənt]
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- adj.
- 无远见的
- 浪费的
- 目光短浅
单词词源
improvident 不顾将来的，挥霍的
im-,不，非，provident,有远见的，考虑将来的，节俭的。
双语例句
- 1. They have lived improvident lives .
- 他们一直过着挥霍浪费的生活。
- 2. A childhood that had caused him to turn out feckless and improvident .
- 使他变得玩世不恭、挥霍无度的童年时代。
- 3. Putting public and private borrowing together , it becomes clear that america as a whole is no more improvident now than it was before .
- 把公有和私有借贷放在一起，总的来说美国显然已经没有以前那么有远见了。
- 4. If you are improvident you 'll be sorry when you get old .
- 如果你现在不为将来打算，等到你老了就会后悔。
- 5. He thought it improvident of me to spend so much on a jacket so early on in the college term .
- 他认为我还在学期初便花这么多钱买一件茄克衫是非常奢侈的。