dissipated
(a.)沈迷于酒色的,閒遊浪蕩的,消散的
dis·si·pate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.]
1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet.
Syn: -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
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Dis·si·pa·ted a.
1. Squandered; scattered. “Dissipated wealth.”
2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
A life irregular and dissipated. --Johnson.
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dissipated
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably
dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast
women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute,
libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
2: preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially
games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man";
"a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool";
"sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: betting, card-playing,
gambling, sporting]