Wordiyoprodigal
🇬🇧 UK/'prɒdigl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
adj.
Recklessly wasteful or extravagant with money or resources; lavishly generous.
挥霍的；浪费的；慷慨大方的
n.
A person who spends money recklessly and wastefully; a spendthrift.
挥霍者；浪子
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.prodigal son浪子；败家子
- 2.prodigal spending挥霍无度
- 3.[prodigal with money]花钱大手大脚
- 4.prodigal lifestyle奢靡的生活方式
Example Sentences
- 1.
His prodigal spending habits left him bankrupt within just a few years.
- 2.
The prodigal son returned home after years of wasting his inheritance abroad.
- 3.
She was prodigal with her praise, showering every student with compliments.