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

• To squander your free time.
  浪费你的空余时间。
• 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。
• Don't squander your hard-earned money.
  不要浪费你辛苦赚来的钱。
• I will spend, squander, dazzle.
  我要纵情欢度此生，我要挥霍我的人生。
• 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。
• He squander his time and money in gambling.
  他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱。
• So the big news from last week is the way Beijing managed to squander its legal and economic high ground.
  因此上周的这个大新闻实际显示的是北京是如何‘浪费’了它的法律和经济的制高点。
• 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。
• You think I would squander her money?
  他以为我会挥霍掉她的钱财？
• 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？