prodigal是什么意思？

prodigal

英[ˈprɒdɪgl] 美[ˈprɑdɪgl]

• 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；
• n. 浪费者，浪子，[动]军曹鱼；

复数：prodigals;

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.
• 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
  lavish, spendthrift, squandering, extravagant, wasteful,
• prodigal的同义词之：其他释义
  wasteful, profuse, abundant, lavish, spendthrift, extravagant, abounding,

反义词

• adj.
  prodigal的反义词之：浪费的
  frugal,
• prodigal的反义词之：其他释义
  thrifty, frugal,

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.
  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"