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

• 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。
• That lack of understanding and his self-righteous stance had separated him from his father just as much as the prodigal's misguided wanderings had done.
  这种理解和他的自我的正义立场没有脱离过他的父亲一样，浪子的误导他做了很多流浪。
• There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
  有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。
• The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
  有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。
• All the family went to the airport to welcome home the prodigal son.
  全家人都去机场迎接这个回头的浪子。
• 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？
• 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。
• Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
  你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
• , 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。
• 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。