prodigal
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英 [ˈprɒdɪgl]
美 [ˈprɑdɪgl]
是什么意思
浪费的;铺张的;挥霍的;慷慨的
丰富的,大量的;富于 (of, with);不吝惜的,十分慷慨的;
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"
- very generous
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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.)
- I hate the prodigal administration.
我痛恨铺张浪费的行政机关。 - They are prodigal in their expenditures.
他们挥霍无度。 - 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。 - The prodigal handouts should continue
这些慷慨的施舍必须继续下去。 - The prodigal handouts should continue.
这些慷慨的施舍必须继续下去。
用作名词(n.)
- Those prodigals were put into prison.
那些挥霍者被关进监狱。
权威例句
The prodigal fishReturn of the prodigal Goldstone bosonProdigal prokaryotic dynamic programming genefinding algorithmThe Prodigal Paradigm Returns: Ecology Comes Back to SociologyProdigal Daughters: Susanna Rowson's Early American Women (review)Population biology: The prodigal fishProdigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identificationFamily conflict in dementia: prodigal sons and black sheepThe Factor I and follistatin domain families: the return of a prodigal sonHolding On: Depression, Sensitization by Antidepressant Drugs, and the Prodigal Experts