英 [ˈprɒdɪɡ(ə)l] 美 [ˈprɑːdɪɡ(ə)l]
adj. 挥霍的；十分慷慨的
n. 浪子；挥霍者
复数prodigals
比较级more prodigal
最高级most prodigal
prodigal /ˈprɒdɪɡəl/ TEM8
形容词 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. 浪子回头的
可数名词 Prodigal is also a noun. 回头的浪子
The prodigal had returned.
浪子已经回头了。
形容词 Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. 挥霍的; 铺张浪费的
Prodigal habits die hard.
大手大脚的习惯很难改掉。
a recklessly extravagant consumer
同义词： profligate / squanderer
very generous
prodigal praise
同义词： lavish / munificent / overgenerous / too-generous / unsparing / unstinted / unstinting
marked by rash extravagance
led a prodigal life
浪子-引用次数：3
Claude Debussy was an important French Impressionist composer, his cantata "prodigal son" won the Rome Prize.
克洛德·德彪西是法国重要印象派作曲家,他所作的康塔塔《浪子》获得了罗马大奖。
参考来源论德彪西印象主义和声及应用
军曹鱼
亲戚邻居们，都怪罪(Blame)他的先人没有行善，追求:最重要的是人生目标才会生出了那个败家子(Prodigal)；是以他的祖父(Grandfather)父亲死了之后(After)，杨过这样的残疾人都能泡到小龙女，我这样双臂健全的岂不是能泡到两个小龙女？
... prod v. 刺激 prodigal adj. 浪费的 prodigious adj. 极大（gigantic）的 ...
... prodigal 挥霍的 prodigious 巨大是，惊人的，奇异的 proficiency 进步，熟练，精通 ...
... 禁止奢侈的 sumptuary 挥霍,奢侈的 prodigal 苦行的奢侈的 asceticsumptuous ...
prodigally 浪费地；丰饶地
prodigality 浪费；慷慨；丰富
挥霍的；十分慷慨的
浪子；挥霍者
The prodigal had returned.
浪子已经回头了。
And I resolv'd that I would, like a true repenting Prodigal, go home to my Father.
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。
To celebrate the return of her prodigal daughters Nature has laid out a profusion of flowers.
为了庆祝她那些放浪形骸的女儿们的归来，大自然铺开大片大片的花海。
I'll never forget seeing George Balanchine's "Prodigal Son" performed by Dance Theatre of Harlem for a mostly black audience.
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Dodd, in turn, keeps welcoming Freddie part apostle, part prodigal son back into the fold.
It was not a prodigal's return to neoconservatism, from one simplicity to another.
《Prodigal》是流行摇滚乐队OneRepublic演唱的一首歌曲，收录在OneRepublic发行的英文专辑《Dreaming Out Loud》中。