词源

源自中古法語 ，源自晚期拉丁語 (“浪费的”)，源自拉丁語 (“浪费的，挥霍的”)，源自 (“消耗，浪费”)，源自（← (“前，向前”)） + (“驱动”)。还见。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈpɹɒdɪɡəl/

• （英国南部）音频：

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• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈpɹɑdɪɡəl/, [ˈpʰɹɑɾɪɡɫ̩]

形容词

(比較級，最高級)

1. 挥霍的，浪费的

   He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.

   他想起放假时没节制地乱花钱，就很有罪恶感。

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

   浪子把自己分到的遗产花到身无分文。

   • 1834, ], 章號 XXIII, 出自 Francesca Carrara. […], 卷 II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC，頁號 257:

     The prodigal heir can only waste his own substance, and the punishment falls, as it should, upon himself; but the prince has an awful responsibility,—the welfare of others is required at his hands;...

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2. (常后接或) 乱用...的，大量使用...的

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

   她是一个很快乐的人，一直都面带微笑。

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

   预算那么紧，他是怎么敢这样乱花钱的。

   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, 卷 10，頁號 63:

     He generally falls backwards and sometimes succumbs to the fever which ensues; hence as soon as the ordeal is over the women are prodigal of their attentions to him, and rub the swollen arm with a particular kind of herb.

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   • 1974, , Vet in Harness，頁號 201:

     Granville poised himself over a vast sirloin, stropped his knife briskly, then began to hack away ruthlessly. He was a prodigal server and piled about two pounds of meat on my plate, then he started on the Yorkshire puddings.

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3. 大量的

   近義詞： 、

4. 浪子的 （起源自《新约圣经》内通常叫做“”（浪子回头的比喻）的故事）
   1. 遗弃（他人）的，抛弃（他人）的
   2. 浪子回头的
      • 2012 8月 12, Paul Owen, “London 2012 Olympics: day 10”, 出自 The Guardian‎:

        Simon Hart of the Daily Telegraph has tweeted that the prodigal triple-jumper has come home, in preparation for tomorrow's qualification round.

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名词

(複數)

1. 挥霍无度的人，败家子

延伸阅读

• “prodigal”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “prodigal”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 prodigal 的释义