prodigal
英 [ˈprɒdɪgl] 美 [ˈprɑdɪgl]

adj.

浪费的；铺张的；挥霍的；慷慨的

释义

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；

变形

复数：prodigals

英英释义

prodigal[ 'prɔdiɡəl ]

• n.a recklessly extravagant consumer

  同义词：profligatesquanderer

• adj.
  • very generous

    "prodigal praise"

    同义词：lavishmunificentovergeneroustoo-generousunsparingunstintedunstinting

  • recklessly wasteful

    "prodigal in their expenditures"

    同义词：extravagantprofligatespendthrift

  • marked by rash extravagance

    "led a prodigal life"

词组短语

prodigal son n. 悔改的罪人；回头的浪子

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. I hate the prodigal administration.
   我痛恨铺张浪费的行政机关。
2. They are prodigal in their expenditures.
   他们挥霍无度。
3. Destinies are very fatal for several and too prodigal or too protecting for others.
   对于一部分人，命运是残酷无晴的，而对于另一部分人，又过于慷慨或过于爱护。
4. The prodigal handouts should continue
   这些慷慨的施舍必须继续下去。
5. The prodigal handouts should continue.
   这些慷慨的施舍必须继续下去。

用作名词(n.)

1. Those prodigals were put into prison.
   那些挥霍者被关进监狱。

权威例句

The prodigal fish
Return of the prodigal Goldstone boson
Prodigal prokaryotic dynamic programming genefinding algorithm
The Prodigal Paradigm Returns: Ecology Comes Back to Sociology
Prodigal Daughters: Susanna Rowson's Early American Women (review)
Population biology: The prodigal fish
Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification
Family conflict in dementia: prodigal sons and black sheep
The Factor I and follistatin domain families: the return of a prodigal son
Holding On: Depression, Sensitization by Antidepressant Drugs, and the Prodigal Experts