spendthrift
浪費家
解説 Definition
浪費癖のある人。お金を無駄に使う傾向がある人。金銭管理ができない人。
A spendthrift is a person who spends money too easily and without enough care. The word is often used in discussions about personal finance or habits, and it has a negative meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
spend は基本語で「使う」。まずここを軸にし、後半の thrift は thrifty「倹約な」を知っていると結びつけやすい。つまり spendthrift は、倹約すべき場面でもどんどん使ってしまう人、という対比で覚えると残りやすい。thrifty がほめ言葉なのに、spend- が付くと正反対になるのが記憶フック。a spendthrift lifestyle, a spendthrift heir のように、お金遣いの荒さを批判的に言う場面で出やすい。
Split it into spend + thrift. Thrift is connected with being careful with money, so spendthrift feels like the opposite idea pushed together in one word. That contrast is the memory hook. If someone spends when they should be thrifty, they are a spendthrift.
例文
The spendthrift squandered his inheritance quickly.
浪費家は相続金をすぐに浪費した。
She was a notorious spendthrift in the family.
彼女は家族で有名な浪費家だった。
The spendthrift's debts were overwhelming.
浪費家の借金は圧倒的だった。
spendthrift の類義語・関連語
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spendthrift の語源・成り立ち Etymology
spendthrift は spend「使う」+ thrift「倹約・繁栄」の複合語。thrift は古ノルド語系の「栄える」が背景で、蓄えやしまりのよさを表した。だから「倹約を使い潰す人」から「浪費家」になり、関連語は thrive, thrifty。
This word was formed in English from spend + thrift. Thrift comes from an old Scandinavian root also seen in thrive and thrifty, with the earlier idea of prosperity or careful saving. The compound originally suggested someone who uses up thrift or savings, and it came to mean a person who wastes money.
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