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

• 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。
• 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。
• Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
  那么请不要再浪费时间了，因为生命是由时间组成的。
• Bankrupt, the ex-millionaire had to fight back the desire to squander money.
  那个破了产的前百万富翁不得不忍住挥霍的欲望。
• Rather than squander your passion, respect it.
  与其浪费你的激情，还不如考虑尊重它。
• 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？
• You think I would squander her money?
  他以为我会挥霍掉她的钱财？
• 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。
• 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。