wastrel
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++was·trel /ˈweɪstrəl/ noun [countable] literaryALWASTE something a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in life 浪荡子，不务正业的人Examples from the Corpus
wastrel• 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)was·trel nounChineseSyllable
Corpus does who person lazy a try to not achieve
wastrel
was‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/
noun [countable]
was‧trel /ˈweɪstrəl/
noun [countable] Word Family: noun: wastage, waste, wastefulness, waster, wastrel; adjective: waste, wasteful, wasted, wasting; verb: waste; adverb: wastefully
Date: 1500-1600
Origin: waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)
literary a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in life
Origin: waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)