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

• How will history judge us if we squander that investment?
  如果我们浪费这些投资，历史将对我们作什么样的评判？
• Do you believe we squander away precious time every day?
  你觉得我们每天都在浪费宝贵的时间吗？
• Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
  不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。
• 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。
• Do not squander this time, because you will never have it again.
  不要浪费时间，因为青春真的一去就不会再来了。
• To squander your free time.
  浪费你的空余时间。
• Can man squander his inheritance, yet survive?
  人们能够挥霍他们的遗产，却生存下来吗？
• 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。
• They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
  他们会十分快乐地将一年的积蓄挥霍在阳光下的两个星期上。
• We can live with it and have it work for us, or we can squander it and lose it and become angry and frustrated with our loss.
  我们可以接受它，并让它为我们工作，或者我们可以浪费，并失去它，成为我们的愤怒和沮丧的损失。