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

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。
He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
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。
The teaching of the parable does not end, however, with the prodigal's return.
该寓言教学并没有结束，但是，与浪子的归来。
A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
[谚]有吝啬的父亲必有败家之子。
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）。
Your violence, Young prodigal, Is typical.
你的暴力，年轻的浪子，是典型的无知表现。
Do not provoke prodigal son of arts, culture, youth and middle-aged man.
不要招惹浪子、文艺青年和中年男子。
There have been rumours that he has been prodigal with company funds.
有谣言说他挥霍公司的资金。
A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.
浪子回头金不换。