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

• First the opportunity to sell out to Microsoft for$ 48bn was squandered.
  最初，该公司浪费了以480亿美元出售给微软（Microsoft）的机会。
• He has squandered all his savings on drink.
  他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
• 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。
• They squandered their little nest-egg.
  他们挥霍掉了他们的一点点存款。
• Or will it be squandered through inefficiency, waste, and corruption?
  或者，是否会在低效、浪费和腐败中错过这个机遇？
• You've squandered every penny you've earned.
  你自己挣一个钱就花一个。
• In anytime has squandered a big half day.
  平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。
• Squandered, leaving only a life of regret;
  挥霍了，只留得一生遗憾；
• 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。
• 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。