中英互译
squander
英 /ˈskwɒndə(r)/美 /ˈskwɑːndər/
基本释义
- v.浪费,挥霍(金钱、时间等);失去(机会);(使)分散
- n.浪费
第三人称单数squanders
现在分词squandering
过去式squandered
过去分词squandered
TOEFLGRESAT
词语例句
浪费,挥霍(金钱、时间等)vt.
He squandered all his money on gambling.
他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
失去(机会)vt.
This defeated team squandered all the scoring chances in the game.
这支输了的球队在比赛里浪费了所有的得分机会。
- Similarly, a plant or animal cannot squander all its energy on growing a big body if none would be left over for reproduction, for this is the surest way to extinction.同样,如果一种植物或动物没有留下任何可以繁殖的后代,它就不能把所有的能量浪费在使自己变得更强壮上,因为这是最可能走向灭绝的方式。
- We intend to campaign against specific projects which damage the environment or squander our resources, and fight for their correction with every legal means at our disposal.我们打算反对破坏环境或浪费我们资源的具体项目,并争取利用我们所掌握的一切法律手段加以纠正。
- Hobbs didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.霍布斯没有把钱挥霍在奢华汽车或其他恶习上。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- squander sth. on sth.把……挥霍在……上
- to squander耗费;浪费;挥霍;乱花钱
- Squander decadent youth挥霍颓废的青春
- Do not squander our youth不要挥霍我们的青春
词语扩展
n.
squanderer放荡者;挥霍者
squandermania浪费狂;乱花狂
词义分布
浪费
71.9%
挥霍
28.1%
英英释义
- v.spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- v.spend extravagantly
词源
- squander挥霍,浪费词源不详,可能来自拟声词根 squ-,挤,压,模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。比较 splurge, 挥霍,浪费。