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 a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
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。
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。
, 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。
There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。
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？
He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
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。
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。
Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
你的暴力，年轻的浪子，是典型的无知表现。