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prodigal

美 [ˈprɑːdɪɡl]英 [ˈprɒdɪɡl]
  • adj.浪费的;挥霍的;大手大脚的
  • n.浪费者;浪子;[动]军曹鱼

复数: prodigals 派生词: prodigality n.

prodigalprodigal

adj.

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

extravagant
习语

prodigal

频次

  • 1
    ADJ 浪子回头的
    You can describe someone as a prodigal son 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.

    ...the parable of the prodigal son.

    关于浪子回头的寓言

  • 2
    ADJ 挥霍的;浪费的;奢侈的
    Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left.

    Prodigal habits die hard.

    大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。

noun

1
a recklessly extravagant consumer
Synonym: profligate squanderer

adj

1
recklessly wasteful
prodigal in their expenditures
Synonym: extravagant profligate spendthrift

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  1. He wrote of this darkest period in life , when he referred to his father as " the Prodigal Father ," in David Copperfield .

    他在《大.科波菲尔》称父亲为「那挥霍的父亲」,说的就是这段他一生最黑暗的日子。

  2. 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?

  3. A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold .

    浪子回头金不换。

  4. The country has been prodigal of its forests .

    这个国家的森林正受过度的采伐。

  5. 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。

  6. He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents .

    他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。

  7. 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。

  8. Chapter 1 : the prodigal son ( parts )

    第一章:浪子(第五段)

  9. 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。

  10. How did it happen ? Like the prodigal son , he finally came to himself .

    尼布甲尼撒王就像浪子一样,终于醒悟过来。

  11. Our manager has a mind prodigal of ideas .

    我们经理的脑子里点子很多。

  12. It 's a story as old as time itself - the return of the prodigal son .

    故事依旧是那个古老的故事-浪子回头金不换。

  13. Your violence , Young prodigal , Is typical .

    你的暴力,年轻的浪子,是典型的无知表现。

  14. The prodigal son may have blown his inheritance on wine , women and song ,

    浪子可以将他的祖产花在酒,女人与歌声上。

  15. 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。

  16. Nature is prodigal in variety , but niggard in innovation .

    自然界虽富于变化却吝于革新。

  17. The teaching of the parable does not end , however , with the prodigal 's return .

    该寓言教学并没有结束,但是,与浪子的归来。

  18. 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。

  19. There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds .

    有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。

  20. Randy 's prodigal spending usually leaves him broke at the end of each month .

    兰迪花钱大手大脚,所以他每逢月底常一毛不剩。

  21. The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son .

    有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。

  22. They just can 't be as prodigal as the luxury brands you work for .

    他们只是不可能像你服务的那些奢侈品牌一样不惜成本挥霍无度。

  23. Alice had dreamed sentimentally that the prodigal would return .

    艾丽丝曾痴情地幻想那个浪子还会回头。

  24. Friendship is a prodigal , but love is a miser .

    友谊是子弟,而爱情却是小气鬼。

  25. The prodigal son is too late .

    浪子回头已经太迟。

  26. Fad is a value standard to scale prodigal consumption in consumptive society , and it is made from advertisement .

    时尚是消费社会的挥霍性消费的价值尺度,它是由广告制造出来的。

  27. 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。

  28. A miserly father makes a prodigal son .

    [谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。

  29. and all that flies right out the window the minute the prodigal son waltzes back in .

    而他的浪子儿子一回头一切都前功尽弃了

  30. Nature is prodigal of her gifts .

    大自然不吝惜其恩赐。

  • 习语

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