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
- 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)。 - 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 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。 - , 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。 - The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。 - 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 kidding? The prodigal Luthor son returns.
开什么玩笑,路德企业的多金浪子。 - He was our prodigal son, and we watched him grow up all over the world, but knew that his heart was always here, at home.
他是我们的浪子,我们看着他成长,足迹遍布世界,但我们知道他的心始终在这里,在故乡。 - 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 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。