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

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。
Only then did the prodigal come to understand that nothing had changed, nothing had been lost, nothing had destroyed his identity or his father's love.
只有这样做了浪子认识到，什么都没有改变，什么也没有失去，什么都没有毁掉了他的身份和他父亲的爱。
Are you a prodigal, a pharisee or a servant?
你是浪子，是法利赛人还是仆人？
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。
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 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。
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。
Just look at the father of the prodigal son.
只要想想那位浪子的父亲，你们还记得吗？
Are you kidding? The prodigal Luthor son returns.
开什么玩笑，路德企业的多金浪子。
He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.
他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。