敗家子

敗家子（，也作“pulligate”或“prodigal”）是指挥霍无度、肆意消费到支出远远超出了其支付能力范围的人。英语中的“败家子”一词源于“thrift”一词的过时含义，意为富裕而非节俭thefreedictionary.com, "thrift"，因此“spendthrift”即为花光了自己财富的人World Wide Words, "how thrift applied to spend can end up being someone who is not thrifty"。

历史上被描述为敗家子的人物包括英国国王乔治四世、巴伐利亚国王路德维希二世Gerhard Hojer (ed.): König Ludwig II.-Museum Herrenchiemsee. Katalog (Munich, 1986, p. 137)以及和法国王后玛丽·安托瓦内特Fraser, Antonia (2001). Marie Antoinette (1st ed.). New York: N.A. Talese/Doubleday.  p. 226。

该词还经常被新闻媒体用于形容那些被认为浪费公共资金的政府Westmore, Peter (2011). "Why Portuguese voters punished spendthrift Government" News Weekly, June 25, 2011, accessed 20 November 2012"In capitals such as Athens, Madrid and Rome, large portions of the sovereign debt racked up by spendthrift governments are owed to the countries' own banks..." Chu, Henry and Lauren Frayer (2012). "Europe's governments, banks perilously entwined: Much of the crushing debt that was racked up by the former is owed to the latter." Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2012, accessed 20 November 2012。

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