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

• In anytime has squandered a big half day.
  平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。
• She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
  她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
• It would be a pity were the opportunity to be squandered because of a thirst for retribution.
  如果有些人因为渴望报复而浪费这个机遇，那将十分可惜。
• He squandered his pocket money on movies.
  他浪费零用钱于电影。
• 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'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。
• 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。
• The Government made a total hash of things and squandered a small fortune
  政府把事情搞砸了，还白白浪费了一大笔钱。
• Kevin was broke because he had squandered all his money gambling.
  凯文破产了，因为他把所有的钱都浪费在了赌博上。
• 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。