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 going to kill the fatted calf for the prodigal son, Jack?
杰克,浪子回家,你准备宰杀那头小肥牛吗? - Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
你是浪子,是法利赛人还是仆人? - 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)。 - 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? - 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。 - He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。