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prodigality meaning in English

n.
1.浪费,挥霍;奢侈。
2.慷慨;豪爽。
3.丰富,大量。
短语和例子

Examples

  1. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality .
    笑声每时每刻都变得越来越容易,毫无节制地倾泻出来。
  2. If time were of all things the most precious , wasting of time must be the greatest prodigality
    如果说一切事物中时间是最宝贵的,那么浪费时光可能是最大的浪费。
  3. She obeyed like one in a dream , and when she could affix no more he himself tucked a bud or two into her hat , and heaped her basket with others in the prodigality of his bounty
    她依从着他,就像在睡梦里一样,她的胸前戴不下了,但是德贝维尔还是又摘了一两个玫瑰的花蕾插进她的帽子里,而且还十分慷慨大方地在她的篮子里堆了一些其它的花朵。
  4. This liaison , of which the true origin and true motive were known to no one , gave rise here to a great deal of talk , since the duke , known hitherto as an enormously wealthy man , now began to acquire a name for the prodigality
    他们这种关系,别人既不知道真正的缘由,也不知道确切的动机,所以在巴黎引起了很大的轰动。因为公爵曾以他的万贯家财而著称,现在又以挥霍无度而闻名了。
  5. Can i not , like pasta , malibran , grisi , acquire for myself what you would never have given me , whatever might have been your fortune , a hundred or a hundred and fifty thousand livres per annum , for which i shall be indebted to no one but myself ; and which , instead of being given as you gave me those poor twelve thousand francs , with sour looks and reproaches for my prodigality , will be accompanied with acclamations , with bravos , and with flowers
    译注那样,凭我自己的能力去获得您永远不会给我的一切吗?当您一年给我那可怜的一万二千法郎零用钱的时候,你总是用不高兴的脸色,还要责备我浪费,那时,我自己一年就可以赚十万或十五万里弗,拿到那笔钱,我不必感激旁人,只要感激自己就行了,而且那些钱还会伴随着喝采欢呼和鲜花一同来。

Related Words

  1. prodigal
  2. prodigal son
  3. prodigalize
  4. prodigally
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