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
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.- ...the parable of the prodigal son.
关于浪子回头的寓言 - Prodigalis also a noun.
- ...the prodigal had returned.
浪子回头了。
- ...the parable of the prodigal son.
- 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.- Prodigal habits die hard.
大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。
- Prodigal habits die hard.
英英释义
noun
- a recklessly extravagant consumer
adj
- recklessly wasteful
- prodigal in their expenditures
双语例句
- Are you kidding? The prodigal Luthor son returns.
开什么玩笑,路德企业的多金浪子。 - 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 parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。 - Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
你的暴力,年轻的浪子,是典型的无知表现。 - I love wanton and as, I like the carefree, I like the sword walking Wandering the prodigal son that wanton debauchery.
我爱肆意而为,我喜欢无忧无虑,我喜欢仗剑走天涯那肆意放荡的浪子。 - A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。 - There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。