prodigal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɒdɪɡəl/    美 /ˈpɹɑdɪɡəl/|[ˈpʰɹɑɾɪɡɫ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
    — Now thinkes he that her husbands ſhallow tongue, / The niggard prodigall that praiſde her ſo: / In that high task hath done her Beauty wrong.
形容词 adj.
  1. Wastefully extravagant.
    — He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
  2. Yielding profusely, lavish. often
    — She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
  3. Profuse, lavishly abundant.
    — Goe binde thou vp vond dangling Apricocks, / Which like vnruly Children, make their Syre / Stoupe with oppreſſion of their prodigall weight:
  4. Behaving as a prodigal son:; Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
  5. Behaving as a prodigal son:; Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.
    — Simon Hart of the Daily Telegraph has tweeted that the prodigal triple-jumper has come home, in preparation for tomorrow's qualification round.

词形变化

more prodigal comparative most prodigal superlative prodigals plural

词汇关系

近义词
extravagant improvident imprudent lavish loose-handed prodigal profligate reckless spendthrift squandering uneconomical unthrifty wasteful
反义词
frugal stingy
上位词
excessive
衍生词
prodigalish prodigalism prodigality prodigalize prodigally prodigalness prodigal son unprodigal
相关词
generous

词源

词源 1
From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin prōdigālis (“wasteful”), from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from prōd- [from prō (“before, forward”)] + agō (“to drive”). Also see unrelated prodigy.
The senses of "abandoning a person or cause" and "returning after abandonment" are by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32. See prodigal son.
词源 2
From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin prōdigālis (“wasteful”), from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from prōd- [from prō (“before, forward”)] + agō (“to drive”). Also see unrelated prodigy.
The senses of "abandoning a person or cause" and "returning after abandonment" are by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32. See prodigal son.
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