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

• Don't squander your hard-earned money.
  不要浪费你辛苦赚来的钱。
• Can man squander his inheritance, yet survive?
  人们能够挥霍他们的遗产，却生存下来吗？
• If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
  如果我们浪费矿物燃料，我们就威胁文明。
• 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。
• To squander your free time.
  浪费你的空余时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 had squandered his chances to win.
  他白白浪费了获胜的机会。
• Rather than squander your passion, respect it.
  与其浪费你的激情，还不如考虑尊重它。