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。
• 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。
• You've squandered every penny you've earned.
  你自己挣一个钱就花一个。
• He squandered his academic scholarship however, and was eventually forced to make other plans.
  因此他也就不得不废掉了奖学金，这也最终促使他不得不重新作出计划。
• Squandered, leaving only a life of regret;
  挥霍了，只留得一生遗憾；
• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。
• 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。
• To be squandered by some silly misunderstanding.
  不能因为一些愚蠢的误解而浪费。
• 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。