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prodigal

音標['pr?digl] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 浪費
a. 浪費的, 揮霍的, 豐富
【法】 浪費者, 浪子
相關詞組:
play the prodigal
be prodigal of praise

詞型變化:

副詞:prodigally 

英文解釋:

名詞 prodigal:

  1. a recklessly extravagant consumer
    同義詞:profligate, squanderer

形容詞 prodigal:

  1. very generous
    同義詞:lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
  2. recklessly wasteful
    同義詞:extravagant, profligate, spendthrift
  3. marked by rash extravagance

例句:

  1. The old man cast off his prodigal son and disinherited him.
    老人斷絕了與他的不肖兒子的關係,並剝奪了他的繼承權。
  2. Our manager has a mind prodigal of ideas.
    我們經理的腦子裡點子很多。
  3. Those prodigals were put into prison.
    那些揮霍者被關進監獄。
  4. I hate the prodigal administration.
    我痛恨鋪張浪費的行政機關

詳細解釋:


prod.i.gal

adj.(形容詞)
Rashly or wastefully extravagant:
揮霍的,奢侈的:非常浪費的或無節制地花費的:
例句:
They are prodigal in their expenditures.
他們揮霍無度

Marked by rash or wasteful extravagance:
奢侈的:以極度揮霍浪費為特點的:
例句:
a prodigal life.
奢侈的生活

Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse:
慷慨的:不吝惜的或大量給出的;豐盛的或過度的:
例句:
prodigal praise.See Synonyms at profuse
極度讚揚參見 profuse

n.(名詞)
One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
揮霍者:大量浪費金錢的人或追求奢侈的人

來源:
Probably back-formation from prodigality
可能源自 prodigality的逆成詞

【引伸】
prod.igally
adv.(副詞)

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