fritter away
英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]
美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]
浪费; 挥霍
英英释义
verb
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
双语例句
- Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。 - I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。 - 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。 - 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。 - That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
这可能反映出，在经济改善的时候，赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。 - "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！” - It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Nine out of ten employees would simply fritter any extra money away "upon richer food and drink, better clothing, more extravagant living, which are beneficial neither to rich nor poor".
百分之九十的员工会将额外的收入浪费在“更昂贵的食物和饮料、好的服装、奢侈的生活之上，这对员工和老板都没有好处”。