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

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。
Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
你的暴力，年轻的浪子，是典型的无知表现。
Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
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。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
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。
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）。
There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。
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。