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　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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
  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

• He squander his time and money in gambling.
  他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱。
• Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
  弟兄们，让我们把清晨浪费在无用的歌曲上面吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Can man squander his inheritance, yet survive?
  人们能够挥霍他们的遗产，却生存下来吗？
• Rather than squander your passion, respect it.
  与其浪费你的激情，还不如考虑尊重它。
• But I believe that Spain is likely to squander that advantage.
  但我认为，西班牙可能会浪费这一优势。