Prodigal

prodigal







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a. (形容詞 adjective)[Z][(+of/with)]



          1.    非常浪費的,揮霍的

          2.    不吝惜的;十分慷慨的[F]

          3.    (物產等)豐富的,大量的[F]

                      He has a mind prodigal of ideas.

                      他足智多謀。



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    揮霍者;浪蕩子[C]





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



prodigal (adj., n.) 

   

To [be] prodigal is to be wasteful, and [a] prodigal is a spendthrift (揮霍無度的人,放蕩者), not a wanderer, a runaway, or someone long lost to his family. 



The prodigal [son] (Luke 15) was so called not because he left home but because he was a wastrel (揮霍者,浪子); however, in figurative uses the full parable is usually the referent.【語】指示對象



The adjective combines most frequently with the prepositions of or with (



She has always [been] prodigal [of] [with]] her money) and occasionally with in or as to (



The audience [was] prodigal [in] [as to] its applause). 



But as to is a poor choice. 





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