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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

        adj

        双语例句

        • I hope there's a fatted calf awaiting the return of the prodigal.
          我真希望这儿有只肥牛腿等着我们回来。
        • 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。
        • 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)。
        • 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。
        • There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
          有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。
        • 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 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。
        • 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。
        • Only then did the prodigal come to understand that nothing had changed, nothing had been lost, nothing had destroyed his identity or his father's love.
          只有这样做了浪子认识到,什么都没有改变,什么也没有失去,什么都没有毁掉了他的身份和他父亲的爱。
        • Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
          你的暴力,年轻的浪子,是典型的无知表现。