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

• The story of the Prodigal Son, also known as the Parable of the Lost Son, follows the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.
  浪子回头的故事，也作为著名的比喻失去了儿子，遵循的是迷失的羊和丢失的硬币的比喻。
• Just look at the father of the prodigal son.
  只要想想那位浪子的父亲，你们还记得吗？
• 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。
• 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）。
• He was our prodigal son, and we watched him grow up all over the world, but knew that his heart was always here, at home.
  他是我们的浪子，我们看着他成长，足迹遍布世界，但我们知道他的心始终在这里，在故乡。
• He also taught us the example of the Father in the Prodigal Son.
  他亦利用浪子回头比喻中父亲的榜样来训导我们。
• 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。
• , and the return of the prodigal co-founder, Jack Dorsey, as chairman and head of product.
  ，以及联合创始人、放荡不羁的杰克•多西回归公司，担任董事长和产品主管等等，不一而足。
• Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
  你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
• I am determined, I really like the back of a prodigal son, back home, back to my father's side.
  我决心，我要像一个真正回头的浪子，回到家里，回到我父亲的身边。