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

Are you kidding? The prodigal Luthor son returns.
开什么玩笑，路德企业的多金浪子。
Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
你的暴力，年轻的浪子，是典型的无知表现。
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。
I was acting in a play called the return of the prodigal.
我当时正在《浪子回头》一剧中担任角色。
He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.
浪子回头金不换。
That lack of understanding and his self-righteous stance had separated him from his father just as much as the prodigal's misguided wanderings had done.
这种理解和他的自我的正义立场没有脱离过他的父亲一样，浪子的误导他做了很多流浪。
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。
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）。