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TOEFL BNC: 19816 COCA: 19847

prodigal

adjective
/ˈprɒdɪɡl/
/ˈprɑːdɪɡl/
(formal, disapproving)Idioms
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  1. too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials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 synonym extravagant
    • a prodigal administration铺张浪费的行政机关
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryProdigal is used with these nouns:
    • son
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.
Idioms
the/a prodigal (son)
  1. 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

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