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
Collins.1 / BNC.14153 / COCA.11672
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- He squandered all his money on gambling.
他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
- He squandered all his money on gambling.
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.- 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。 - He had squandered his chances to win.
他白白浪费了获胜的机会。
- Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices...
英英释义
verb
- spend extravagantly
- waste not, want not
- spend thoughtlessly
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
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。