squander

英 [ˈskwɒndə(r)]

美 [ˈskwɑːndər]

v.  浪费，挥霍(金钱、时间等)

过去分词：squandered　过去式：squandered　现在分词：squandering　第三人称单数：squanders　

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牛津词典

verb

• 浪费，挥霍（金钱、时间等）
  to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way
  1. He squandered all his money on gambling.
     他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 浪费，挥霍(金钱、资源、机遇等)
  If yousquandermoney, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.
  1. Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices...
     胡克没有将自己的钱浪费在豪华轿车或其他恶习上。
  2. He had squandered his chances to win.
     他白白浪费了获胜的机会。

英英释义

verb

• spend extravagantly
  1. waste not, want not
  Synonym:consumewasteware
• spend thoughtlessly
  1. He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
  2. You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
  Synonym:wasteblow

双语例句

• So the big news from last week is the way Beijing managed to squander its legal and economic high ground.
  因此上周的这个大新闻实际显示的是北京是如何‘浪费’了它的法律和经济的制高点。
• This is virtually unique in Asia and we cannot squander it.
  这在亚洲几乎是独一无二的，我们不会浪费这个优势。
• Can man squander his inheritance, yet survive?
  人们能够挥霍他们的遗产，却生存下来吗？
• Why pay him so he can squander the money on her?
  为什么给他钱去浪费在她身上？
• To squander all your money.
  挥霍掉你所有的钱。
• Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
  那么请不要再浪费时间了，因为生命是由时间组成的。
• But I believe that Spain is likely to squander that advantage.
  但我认为，西班牙可能会浪费这一优势。
• I believe it's important to resist the temptation to squander our surplus.
  我相信，抗拒浪费财政盈余的诱惑很重要。
• Mr Nasser should not squander it.
  纳赛尔不应浪费这种优势。
• Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
  弟兄们，让我们把清晨浪费在无用的歌曲上面吧。