prodigal

prodigal

英[ˈprɒdɪɡl]美[ˈprɑːdɪɡl]

adj.浪费的，铺张的，挥霍的，慷慨的；

丰富的，大量的，富于 (of, with)，不吝惜的，十分慷慨的；

名词：prodigality;

例句

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。

Do not provoke prodigal son, artistic young and middle - aged men.不要招惹浪子 、 文艺青年和 中年 男子.

The prodigal son claimed his birthright early and left home.那个浪子提前把他的遗产要走了,然后离开了家.

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 ?

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.

Even now the vintners are prowling the prodigal vines.看,酒商们正在蓊蓊郁郁的葡萄藤下钻来钻去呢.

Nature is prodigal of her gifts.大自然不吝惜其恩赐.

A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.浪子回头金不换.

A miserly father makes a prodigal son.老子守财奴,儿子败家子.出自：英语谚语

Prodigal habits die hard.大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。

同义词

adj.

prodigal的同义词之：浪费的;丰富的

lavishspendthriftsquanderingextravagantwasteful

prodigal的同义词之：其他释义

wastefulprofuseabundantlavishspendthriftextravagantabounding

反义词

adj.

prodigal的反义词之：浪费的

frugal

prodigal的反义词之：其他释义

thriftyfrugal

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ

浪子回头的

You can describe someone as a prodigal son 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.

例句

...the parable of the prodigal son.关于浪子回头的寓言

ADJ

挥霍的；浪费的；奢侈的

Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left.

例句

Prodigal habits die hard.大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。

英汉词典释义

adj.

浪费的;铺张的;挥霍的

慷慨的, 不吝啬的

Nature is prodigal of her gifts.大自然不吝惜其恩赐。

回头的浪子；改邪归正的人

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。

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a recklessly extravagant consumer

Adjective

1. very generous;

"distributed gifts with a lavish hand""the critics were lavish in their praise""a munificent gift""his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent""prodigal praise""unsparing generosity""his unstinted devotion""called for unstinting aid to Britain"

2. recklessly wasteful;

"prodigal in their expenditures"

3. marked by rash extravagance;

"led a prodigal life"