prodigal

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n. 浪费者 a. 浪费的, 挥霍的, 丰富的

发音

UK /ˈpɹɒdɪɡəl/
其它
US /ˈpɹɑdɪɡəl/
US /ˈpʰɹɑɾɪɡɫ̩/

词形变化

prodigals 复数 prodigals more prodigal 比较级 most prodigal 最高级

别名

prodigall

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Wastefully extravagant.

    He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.

    The prodigal son spent his share of his inheritance until he was destitute.

  2. 2.

    Yielding profusely, lavish.

    She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.

    How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?

  3. 3.

    Profuse, lavishly abundant.

  4. 4.

    Behaving as a prodigal son:

    Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.

  5. 5.

    Behaving as a prodigal son:

    Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

profligate squanderer

上位词 1

consumer

下位词 6

spender wastrel scattergood spend-all spendthrift waster
形容词

同义词 3

extravagant profligate spendthrift

近义相关 1

wasteful

相关短语

prodigal son 浪子 prodigal sons

词源

From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin prōdigālis (“wasteful”), from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from prōd- [from prō (“before, forward”)] + agō (“to drive”). Also see unrelated prodigy. The senses of "abandoning a person or cause" and "returning after abandonment" are by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32. See prodigal son.

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