fritter away

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]

美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]

浪费; 挥霍

英英释义

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:fritterfrivol awaydissipateshootfoolfool away

双语例句

• We cannot ask one dry region to give away the dregs of its resources so another part of the country can fritter it away on golf courses and swimming pools.
  我们不能要求一个干旱地区让出自己微薄的资源，而让本国其他地区浪费在高尔夫球场和游泳池这样的设施上。
• Whenever she's tempted to fritter away time, doing something that doesn't contribute to the magazine's success, she glances at that issue, and it gets her back on track.
  每当她受到什么事情引诱而消磨时间、做一些与杂志成功无关的事情时，看看那本杂志，她的注意力就会回到正事上来。
• To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time.
  拒绝它或者忽略它或者浪费它都将带给我们以后长久的耻辱。
• Manchu wanted to exercise authority through its own hairstyle, and fritter away the superiority complex of Han nationality.
  满族希望通过推行满族发式来确立自己统治权威，消磨汉族人的优越心理。
• "Pei-yao, I think you should keep an eye on your sister, and not let her fritter away her time as if she were still a child."
  “佩瑶，你也总得把阿珊的事放在心上，不要由她每天像小孩子似的一味玩笑！”
• Whatever general good will exists for the union movement, this strike is likely to fritter it away.
  一般存在什么善意工会运动，这次罢工可能犹疑带走。
• If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
  假如放几本书，丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时，就可以顺手翻翻，消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。
• Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
  浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上）
• Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things? The consensus-making process may take a long time.
  你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上。协议的进程费力耗时。
• Never fritter away your time;
  莫浪费时间；