spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
挥霍的;奢侈的,铺张的
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prodigal habits die hard .奢侈的习惯很难改掉。
having or giving something on a lavish scale
慷慨的,不吝惜的
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the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream .这种甜点用红糖制成,很松脆,而且浇了很多掼奶油。
a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way
挥霍者,奢侈的人。
(亦作
回头的浪子(或挥霍的女儿)。[ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the parable in Luke 15:11—32]
"late Middle English: from late Latin