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. 浪子回頭的[文學性] [usu ADJ n]

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

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

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; 鋪張浪費的[usu ADJ n]

Prodigal habits die hard. 大手大腳的習慣很難改掉。