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

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

adj.

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。

noun

adj

recklessly wasteful
1. prodigal in their expenditures
Synonym:extravagantprofligatespendthrift

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。
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。
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？
Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.
浪子回头金不换。
The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。
, 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。
Just as the father did not condemn the prodigal for his wanderings, neither did he become angry with his second son's bitterness and jealousy.
正如父亲没有谴责他流浪的浪子，他也没有成为他的第二个儿子的痛苦和嫉妒愤怒。
He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
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）。