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

• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。
• In the boom times money was squandered now lenders and investors are deploying it much more wisely.
  在繁荣时期，人们肆意挥霍资金；现在，信贷机构和投资者正在更明智地配置资金。
• They squandered their little nest-egg.
  他们挥霍掉了他们的一点点存款。
• 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's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music.
  他把钱挥霍光了，现在得承担自己行为的后果。
• Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game.
  爱尔兰队浪费了几个机会，包括导致他们输掉比赛的一个点球。
• But at the same time, time squandered is a waste.
  但是，同时，花大量的过多的时间却也是一种铺张浪费。
• All the while, as the IMF rightly warns, other opportunities are being squandered.
  一直以来，正如imf所警告的那样，其它机会都被浪费了。
• He has squandered all his savings on drink.
  他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
• The Clinton Administration left behind a surplus, but this Administration squandered it.
  克林顿政府留下的财政盈余已被本届政府挥霍殆尽。