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- spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant挥霍的; 奢侈的, 铺张的：
prodigal habits die hard.
奢侈的习惯很难改掉。
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- having or giving something on a lavish scale慷慨的, 不吝惜的：
the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream.
这种甜点用红糖制成, 很松脆, 而且浇了很多掼奶油。
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- a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way挥霍者, 奢侈的人。
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- （亦作prodigal son 或 daughter）a person who leaves home and behaves in such a way, but later makes a repentant return回头的浪子（或挥霍的女儿）。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the parable in Luke 15:11-32
派生词
prodigality
nounprodigally
adverb词源
late Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis,from Latin prodigus 'lavish'.