prodigal
英 ['pr?d?g(?)l]
美['prɑd?ɡl]
- adj. 揮霍的；十分慷慨的
- n. 浪子；揮霍者
實用場景例句
- A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.
- 浪子回頭金不換.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- A miserly father makes a prodigal son.
- 老子守財奴,兒子敗家子.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Nature is prodigal of her gifts.
- 大自然不吝惜其恩賜.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- How careless they had been of food then, what prodigal waste!
- 那時他們對于食物是多么不在乎, 多么奢侈浪費啊!
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,你一定要毫無吝惜地答應付給.
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.
辭典例句
- The genius in his works, in his deeds, is necessarily a prodigal.
- 創作里的天才, 行為上定是個揮霍者.
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.
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,因為這就是他們以令人可怕的浪費速度,把他們相互的愛消耗.
辭典例句
- But now her horizon was enlarged by the vision of a prodigal philanthropy.
- 現在她卻能用慷慨大度的慈善家的目光來眺望自己廣闊的前程.
辭典例句
- The prodigal son claimed his birthright early and left home.
- 那個浪子提前把他的遺產要走了,然后離開了家.
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