fritter away
英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]
美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]
浪费; 挥霍
英英释义
verb
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
双语例句
- If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
假如放几本书,丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时,就可以顺手翻翻,消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。 - Whatever general good will exists for the union movement, this strike is likely to fritter it away.
一般存在什么善意工会运动,这次罢工可能犹疑带走。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间; - That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
这可能反映出,在经济改善的时候,赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。 - Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things? The consensus-making process may take a long time.
你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上。协议的进程费力耗时。 - To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time.
拒绝它或者忽略它或者浪费它都将带给我们以后长久的耻辱。 - Nine out of ten employees would simply fritter any extra money away "upon richer food and drink, better clothing, more extravagant living, which are beneficial neither to rich nor poor".
百分之九十的员工会将额外的收入浪费在“更昂贵的食物和饮料、好的服装、奢侈的生活之上,这对员工和老板都没有好处”。 - You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.
仅仅又过了一天不是庆祝的理由,你的存在不是为了浪费宝贵的时光。 - Some Indians, too, fear their country could fritter away its democratic dividend.
一些印度人也担心,印度可能会浪费自己的人口红利。 - Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
否则,你就干脆处理工作上的事情,然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。