prodigal

1. ADJ You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. 浪子廻頭的[文學(xué)性] [usu ADJ n]

2. N-COUNT Prodigal is also a noun. 廻頭的浪子

The prodigal had returned. 浪子已經(jīng)廻頭了。

3. ADJ Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. 揮霍的; 鋪張浪費(fèi)的[usu ADJ n]

Prodigal habits die hard. 大手大腳的習(xí)慣很難改掉。