prodigal英 [ˈprɒdɪɡ(ə)l] 美 [ˈprɑːdɪɡ(ə)l]

adj. 挥霍的；十分慷慨的

n. 浪子；挥霍者

[ 复数 prodigals 比较级 more prodigal 最高级 most prodigal ]

短语

The Prodigal Son 败家仔 ; 浪荡子 ; 浪子回头 ; 归回父家歌

Prodigal Son 败家仔 ; 浪子回头

The Prodigal 浪子 ; 阔柏岭之恋 ; 步步杀机 ; 浪子回头

prodigal [ 'prɔdiɡəl ]

n. a recklessly extravagant consumer同义词： profligate squanderer

adj.very generous"prodigal praise"

同义词： lavish munificent overgenerous too-generous unsparing unstinted unstinting

recklessly wasteful"prodigal in their expenditures"

同义词： extravagant profligate spendthrift

marked by rash extravagance"led a prodigal life"

以上来源于: WordNet

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

prodigal /ˈprɒdɪɡəl/ TEM8

1. ADJ 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. 浪子回头的 [文学性] [usu ADJ n]

2. N-COUNT Prodigal is also a noun. 回头的浪子

例：The prodigal had returned.

浪子已经回头了。

3. ADJ Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. 挥霍的; 铺张浪费的 [usu ADJ n]

例：Prodigal habits die hard.

大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。

词组短语同近义词同根词

prodigal son n. 悔改的罪人；回头的浪子

adj. 挥霍的；十分慷慨的flush

n. 浪子；挥霍者dissipator , spendthrifty

词根： prodigal

adv.prodigally 浪费地；丰饶地

n.prodigality 浪费；慷慨；丰富

双语例句权威例句

The prodigal had returned.

浪子已经回头了。

And I resolv'd that I would, like a true repenting Prodigal, go home to my Father.

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。

To celebrate the return of her prodigal daughters Nature has laid out a profusion of flowers.

为了庆祝她那些放浪形骸的女儿们的归来，大自然铺开大片大片的花海。

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