squandered

英 [ˈskwɒndəd]

美 [ˈskwɑːndərd]

v.  浪费，挥霍(金钱、时间等)
squander的过去分词和过去式

过去式：squandered　

COCA.37191

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

adj

• not used to good advantage
  1. squandered money cannot be replaced
  2. a wasted effort
  Synonym:wasted

双语例句

• Pension money was squandered in the past on things like building holiday resorts in preposterous but politically important places.
  过去，养老金被挥霍在一些诸如在不合理却有政治意义的地点建设度假村的事情上。
• But when the tap ran freely, water was squandered, and-inevitably-stopped.
  但当水龙头可以免费开时，水被大量浪费，然后－可避免的－没了。
• I had feared that my time had been squandered and my last penny lost.
  我只恐我的时间浪掷了，我的最后一文钱也丢掉了。
• He has squandered all his savings on drink.
  他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。
• He squandered his pocket money on movies.
  他浪费零用钱于电影。
• He took the ivory back to Benares, sold it, and squandered the money as before.
  他带着象牙回到贝拿勒斯，卖掉象牙，然后如前一样大肆挥霍。
• Lyndon Johnson squandered his gifts and his landslide mandate on Vietnam and was forced to stand down.
  林顿约翰逊把他的才能和占压倒多数的当选票，全都浪费在越南问题上了，最后被迫宣布退出总统竞。
• You've squandered every penny you've earned.
  你自己挣一个钱就花一个。
• He had squandered his chances to win.
  他白白浪费了获胜的机会。