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

• We must not squander it.
  切莫浪费这一机遇。
• To squander your free time.
  浪费你的空余时间。
• 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。
• To squander all your money.
  挥霍掉你所有的钱。
• 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。
• You think I would squander her money?
  他以为我会挥霍掉她的钱财？
• Mr Nasser should not squander it.
  纳赛尔不应浪费这种优势。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。