too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials synonym extravagant挥霍无度:花费过多金钱或浪费时间,精力或材料的行为或习惯 a prodigal administration 铺张浪费的行政机关
Oxford Collocations DictionaryProdigal is used with these nouns:- son
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.
Idioms
the/a prodigal (son)
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 回头的浪子;改邪归正的人