prodigal

US [ˈprɑdɪɡ(ə)l]
UK [ˈprɒdɪɡ(ə)l]
  • n.浪子；浪费者；【动】军曹鱼
  • adj.浪费的；挥霍的；大手大脚的
  • Web挥霍者；奢侈；奢侈的
Plural Form：prodigals  Singular：prodigal son  Plural Form：prodigal sons  

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Prodigal
adj.
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浪费的；挥霍的；大手大脚的too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials
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the/a prodigal (son)
回头的浪子；改邪归正的人a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home

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1.
Yet prodIgal Inward joy. Behold, I erred; In that last doubt! and yet I cannot rue.
看哪，我这最后的疑虑是错了！；可是我不能只埋怨自己，你想。
kàn nǎ , wǒ zhè zuì hòu de yí lǜ shì cuò le ! ; kě shì wǒ bù néng zhǐ mán yuàn zì jǐ , nǐ xiǎng 。
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2.
It had the disadvantage of consuming their mutual affections at a fearfully prodigal rate.
这种情形也有坏处，因为这就是他们以令人可怕的浪费速度，把他们相互的爱消耗。
zhè zhǒng qíng xíng yě yǒu huài chu , yīn wèi zhè jiù shì tā men yǐ lìng rén kě pà de làng fèi sù dù , bǎ tā men xiāng hù de ài xiāo hào 。
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3.
To celebrate the return of her prodigal daughters Nature has laid out a profusion of flowers.
为了庆祝她那些放浪形骸的女儿们的归来，大自然铺开大片大片的花海。
wèi le qìng zhù tā nà xiē fàng làng xíng hái de nǚ ér men de guī lái , dà zì rán pū kāi dà piàn dà piàn de huā hǎi 。
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He pulled James Kitfield's book Prodigal Soldiers from his bookshelf and encouraged me to read it.
他从自己的书架上拿下詹姆斯·其特菲尔德的书《浪子士兵ProdigalSoldiers》怂恿我读。
tā cóng zì jǐ de shū jià shàng ná xià zhān mǔ sī · qí tè fēi ěr dé de shū 《 làng zǐ shì bīng ProdigalSoldiers 》 sǒng yǒng wǒ dú 。
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And yet we're God's family, all children of the patient Father, the prodigal Parent who lavishes love.
然而，我们是属于神家庭的，我们都有一位宽容的父亲，这位慷慨的父亲把祂的爱倾倒在我们身上。
rán ér , wǒ men shì shǔ yú shén jiā tíng de , wǒ men dōu yǒu yī wèi kuān róng de fù qīn , zhè wèi kāng kǎi de fù qīn bǎ tā de ài qīng dǎo zài wǒ men shēn shàng 。
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He was our prodigal son, and we watched him grow up all over the world, but knew that his heart was always here, at home.
他是我们的浪子，我们看着他成长，足迹遍布世界，但我们知道他的心始终在这里，在故乡。
tā shì wǒ men de làng zǐ , wǒ men kàn zhe tā chéng zhǎng , zú jì biàn bù shì jiè , dàn wǒ men zhī dào tā de xīn shǐ zhōng zài zhè lǐ , zài gù xiāng 。
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7.
The story of the Prodigal Son, also known as the Parable of the Lost Son, follows the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.
浪子回头的故事，也作为著名的比喻失去了儿子，遵循的是迷失的羊和丢失的硬币的比喻。
làng zǐ huí tóu de gù shi , yě zuò wéi zhù míng de bǐ yù shī qù le ér zǐ , zūn xún de shì mí shī de yáng hé diū shī de yìng bì de bǐ yù 。
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Inexhaustible is missing, year after year, is the most lonely lonely, if you return, prodigal in, the heart has been normalized.
无穷无尽是相思，年复一年，最是寂寥孤独时，问君归处，浪子身在外，心已归。
wú qióng wú jìn shì xiāng sī , nián fù yì nián , zuì shì jì liáo gū dú shí , wèn jūn guī chù , làng zǐ shēn zài wài , xīn yǐ guī 。
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9.
No direction, no goal, there is only a prodigal feeling, a different kind of personality, a hint of rebellion.
没有方向，没有目标，有的只是一种浪子情怀，一种别样的个性，一种淡淡的叛逆。
méi yǒu fāng xiàng , méi yǒu mù biāo , yǒu de zhǐ shì yī zhǒng làng zǐ qíng huái , yī zhǒng bié yàng de gè xìng , yī zhǒng dàn dàn de pàn nì 。
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Afternoon home, and I accept the prodigal son in a drifter, had Mancheng see even bowls of rice are not working.
午后的家乡，我一个漂泊在外乡的浪子，居然满城放眼望去，连碗饭都讨不上。
wǔ hòu de jiā xiāng , wǒ yī gè piāo bó zài wài xiāng de làng zǐ , jū rán mǎn chéng fàng yǎn wàng qù , lián wǎn fàn dōu tǎo bù shàng 。
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