squander 词态变化
第三人称单数: squanders;过去式: squandered;过去分词: squandered;现在分词: squandering;
squander 中文词源
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。
squander 英文词源
- squander (v.)
- 1580s (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it in "Merchant of Venice" (1593) with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced 1943. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.
squander 英文释义
- 1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
- "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
- "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
- 2. spend extravagantly;
- "waste not, want not"
squander 双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
- 不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上.
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- 3. Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.
- 几乎没有一个人能天天如此虚度光阴.
来自辞典例句
- 4. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
- 如果我们浪费矿物燃料, 我们就威胁文明.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He said she used to squander the money.
- 他说她以前胡乱花钱.
来自辞典例句
squander 实用场景例句
- He squandered all his money on gambling.
- 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He had squandered his chances to win.
- 他白白浪费了获胜的机会。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He squander his time and money in gambling.
- 他在赌博中浪费了他的时间和金钱.
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- Don't squander your affection on him.
- 不要把感情浪费在他身上.
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- Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
- 不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上.
辞典例句
- He said she used to squander the money.
- 他说她以前胡乱花钱.
辞典例句
- Eugene Kittridge : Lets not squander instance chasing after him, meet attain him become to us.
- 尤金: 我们别再浪费时间追他了, 让他来找我们.
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- 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.
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- But hopes are dashed as corrupt officials pocket the money or squander it on grandiose projects.
- 但其带来的希望却因腐败官员中饱私囊或把它们浪费在一些不切实际的项目上而化为泡影.
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- If not considered, car use can overwhelm the community layout and squander planned CO 2 emission savings.
- 如果不考虑这些, 社区将难以承受过多的车辆,而且浪费计划节省的CO2排放量.
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- Why has democratic South Africa done so much to squander its once acclaimed moral leadership?
- 为什么民主的南非会如此挥霍这来之不易的道德领导权 呢 ?
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- Isn't it foolish to squander all the money on wedding ceremony?
- 不管你有多少钱,如果乱花到头来也是空空如也.把全部钱花在婚礼上,不是傻了 吗 ?
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- Negatively, you could periodically gamble or squander your resources in hopeless dreams.
- 从消极的方面来讲, 你可能会周期性地将你的精力和资源浪费在不可能实现的梦想上.
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- Although sometimes very gluttonous, but I ain't a person who squander money like dust.
- 虽然有时很贪嘴, 但是我却不是个挥金如土的人.
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- You think I would squander her money?
- 他以为我会挥霍掉她的钱财?
辞典例句
- China must be careful not to squander the advantages of this perception.
- 中国政府必须谨慎行事,不要辜负了他们的这种友好心态.
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- Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.
- 那么别浪费时间, 因为时间是组成生命的材料.
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- Don't squander your disposable income on a disposable car.
- 仅此一次,给我们的车它们应有的外表.
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- Dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life made of.
- 你热爱生命 吗 ?那就不要糟蹋时间, 因为时间就是生命的成分.
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- Don't squander the gold of your days.
- 别虚掷你的寸金光阴吧.
辞典例句
- I'll squander all strengths to love you.
- 峩会花光所有力气去爱你.
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- Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.
- 几乎没有一个人能天天如此虚度光阴.
辞典例句
- You are in fact squander away your love ability if you pay out your love blindly.
- 轻率的爱实际上是在挥霍自己爱的能力.
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- Do you believe we squander away precious time every day?
- 你觉得我们每天都在浪费宝贵的时间 吗 ?
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- Do you love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.
- 你热爱生命 吗 ?那么,别浪费时间, 因为生命是由时间组成的.
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- Don't blow that chance. Don't squander your best asset, which is yourself . Whenever you write anything.
- 不要放过这次机会, 不要浪费你最大的财富, 这就是你自己.
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- Advertisement is the machine of making a fashion, is the machine of making a squander.
- 广告是制造时尚的机器, 是制造挥霍性消费的机器.
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- 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.
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