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

• 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 affection on him, he'll never love you.
  不要把感情浪费在他身上，他是永久不会爱你的。
• Why pay him so he can squander the money on her?
  为什么给他钱去浪费在她身上？
• He squander his time and money in gambling.
  他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱。
• Can man squander his inheritance, yet survive?
  人们能够挥霍他们的遗产，却生存下来吗？
• 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。
• Under this influence you may gain financially, but you are not likely to squander your money.
  在这个相位影响下，你可能收入颇丰，但是你不会铺张浪费。
• 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。
• You think I would squander her money?
  他以为我会挥霍掉她的钱财？
• 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。