prodigal

英 [ˈprɒdɪɡl]

美 [ˈprɑːdɪɡl]

adj.  浪费的; 挥霍的; 大手大脚的
n.  浪费者; 浪子; [动]军曹鱼

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BNC.19816 / COCA.19847

习惯用语

adj.

the/a prodigal (son)
• 回头的浪子；改邪归正的人
  a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home

牛津词典

adj.

• 浪费的；挥霍的；大手大脚的
  too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 浪子回头的
  You can describe someone as aprodigalson or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person.
  1. ...the parable of the prodigal son.
     关于浪子回头的寓言
  2. Prodigalis also a noun.
     
  3. ...the prodigal had returned.
     浪子回头了。
• ADJ 挥霍的；浪费的；奢侈的
  Someone who behaves in aprodigalway spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left.
  1. Prodigal habits die hard.
     大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。

英英释义

noun

• a recklessly extravagant consumer
  Synonym:profligatesquanderer

adj

• recklessly wasteful
  1. prodigal in their expenditures
  Synonym:extravagantprofligatespendthrift

双语例句

• A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
  [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
• Are you kidding? The prodigal Luthor son returns.
  开什么玩笑，路德企业的多金浪子。
• The old man cast off his prodigal son and disinherited him.
  老人断绝了与他的不肖儿子的关系，并剥夺了他的继承权。
• The genius in his works, in his deeds, is necessarily a prodigal.
  创作里的天才，行为上定是个挥霍者。
• I was acting in a play called the return of the prodigal.
  我当时正在《浪子回头》一剧中担任角色。
• Do not provoke prodigal son of arts, culture, youth and middle-aged man.
  不要招惹浪子、文艺青年和中年男子。
• I love wanton and as, I like the carefree, I like the sword walking Wandering the prodigal son that wanton debauchery.
  我爱肆意而为，我喜欢无忧无虑，我喜欢仗剑走天涯那肆意放荡的浪子。
• I hope there's a fatted calf awaiting the return of the prodigal.
  我真希望这儿有只肥牛腿等着我们回来。
• A crowd of children came and were very happy to hear stories ( I brought the storybooks of Luke, the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, etc).
  一群小孩子聚集，他们很乐意听故事（我带了路得，好撒玛利亚人和浪子回家等故事书）。
• Her novel, Home, is a profound examination of family life told through the eyes of a prodigal son returning home to confront his past and his alcoholism.
  《家》的获奖没有任何争议，所有的评委一致把选票投给了她。小说讲述了一个回家的浪子，通过他的视角，回顾了不堪的过去，同时努力从酗酒的生活中挣脱。