It was not a prodigal's return to neoconservatism, from one simplicity to another.

是浪子回头般的回到新保守主义，从一简单的主义换到另一。

Well well well, the prodigal son returns.

好啊好啊，浪子回头了。

And I went back to Carlisle and Esme. They welcomed me back like the prodigal. It was more than I deserved.

然后我回到了卡莱尔和艾思梅的身边。他们热切地欢迎我游子归来。远比我应得的还要多。”

How careless they had been of food then, what prodigal waste! Rolls, corn muffins, biscuits and waffles, dripping butter, all at one meal.

那时他们对于食物是多么在乎，多么奢侈浪费啊！卷子，玉米松饼、小面包、鸡蛋饼，滴滴答答的黄油，每顿饭都有。餐桌的一端摆着火腿，另一端是烤鸡。成锅的蓝菜炖得酽酽的，上面飘着一层放彩的油花。青豆在亮晶晶的花瓷盘里，堆得像一座小山。

And she began telling him everything, hurriedly, disjointedly, exaggerating the facts, inventing many, and so prodigal of parentheses that he understood nothing of it.

于是她就讲了起来，讲得太急，前言搭后语，又夸大其辞，还捏造了少事实，加油加酱，啰里啰嗦，结果他听名堂来。

How many, locked in a stance of resentment and wounded pride, have been changed by Jesus' story of the father of the prodigal son?

多少刻骨的仇恨和受伤的尊严都被耶稣荡子回头的故事所治愈？

The absolute solitude in which they lived intensified their reciprocal thoughts; yet some might have said that it had the disadvantage of consuming their mutual affections at a fearfully prodigal rate.

他们种全然与世隔绝的生活更加深了他们之间感情的交流；过有人也许会说，样的生活也有利之处，他们相互之间的感情会以一种可怕的速度耗费掉。

In times of economic woe, when normal patterns of consumption and investment are frozen, prodigal government spending can sometimes be the only way to break the vicious circle of declining demand and shrinking employment.

在经济困难时期，常规的消费和投资模式会陷入僵局，慷慨的政府开支有时候可能是打破需求下滑、失业率上升恶性循环的唯一途径。