prodigal

GRE

英[?pr?d?ɡl]
美[?prɑ?d?ɡl]

基本釋義

adj.
浪費(fèi)的; 鋪張的; 揮霍的; 慷慨的
豐富的,大量的; 富于 (of, with); 不吝惜的,十分慷慨的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.

浪子回頭金不換.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

老子守財(cái)奴,兒子敗家子.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Nature is prodigal of her gifts.

大自然不吝惜其恩賜.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

How careless they had been of food then, what prodigal waste!

那時(shí)他們對(duì)于食物是多么不在乎, 多么奢侈浪費(fèi)啊!

飄(部分)

Even now the vintners are prowling the prodigal vines.

看,酒商們正在蓊蓊郁郁的葡萄藤下鉆來(lái)鉆去呢.

名作英譯部分

You must be prodigal of your offers of power and blankets.

不論火藥也好,毛毯也好,你一定要毫無(wú)吝惜地答應(yīng)付給.

辭典例句

He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.

他已揮霍掉他父母留下的錢(qián).

辭典例句

The genius in his works, in his deeds, is necessarily a prodigal.

創(chuàng)作里的天才, 行為上定是個(gè)揮霍者.

辭典例句

Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation.

自然界雖富于變化卻吝于革新.

辭典例句

The prodigal handouts should continue.

這些慷慨的施舍必須繼續(xù)下去.

辭典例句

He is prodigal of praise.

他不吝于贊美.

辭典例句

May is prodigal with flowers.

五月里百花盛開(kāi).

辭典例句

It had the disadvantage of consuming their mutual affections at a fearfully prodigal rate.

這種情形也有壞處,因?yàn)檫@就是他們以令人可怕的浪費(fèi)速度,把他們相互的愛(ài)消耗.

辭典例句

But now her horizon was enlarged by the vision of a prodigal philanthropy.

現(xiàn)在她卻能用慷慨大度的慈善家的目光來(lái)眺望自己廣闊的前程.

辭典例句

The prodigal son claimed his birthright early and left home.

那個(gè)浪子提前把他的遺產(chǎn)要走了,然后離開(kāi)了家.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a recklessly extravagant consumer

Adjective
  • 1. very generous;

    "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"

    "the critics were lavish in their praise"

    "a munificent gift"

    "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"

    "prodigal praise"

    "unsparing generosity"

    "his unstinted devotion"

    "called for unstinting aid to Britain"

  • 2. recklessly wasteful;

    "prodigal in their expenditures"

  • 3. marked by rash extravagance;

    "led a prodigal life"

同義詞

反義詞

adj.浪費(fèi)的

frugal

其他釋義

thriftyfrugal

最新英語(yǔ)單詞

行業(yè)英語(yǔ)