squandering

英 [ˈskwɒndərɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɑːndərɪŋ]

v.  浪费，挥霍(金钱、时间等)
squander的现在分词

现在分词：squandering　

BNC.44431 / COCA.39635

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

noun

• spending resources lavishly and wastefully
  1. more wasteful than the squandering of time

双语例句

• The central and state governments have kicked off a number of flagship projects but are in danger of squandering the benefits through a lack of planning and co-ordination.
  中央及州政府启动了一系列的旗舰工程，但由于缺少规划跟协调合作，这些项目带来的好处可能会大打折扣。
• I am not the casual person, but casually gets up is not the person. You're faced with ending it all, of squandering what was given.
  我不是随便的人，但随便起来就不是人。把到手的东西就这样随随便便弄掉。
• I have used up all my energy. some showed no concern for the interests of the masses, squandering manpower and material resources at will;
  我耗尽了全部的精力。有的部分对群众利益毫不关心，而尽情地耗费人力和物力；
• Imbued with the resentful narrative of a century of national humiliation, they felt the prospect of the US squandering Chinese wealth was an indignity too far.
  百年国耻这一充满愤怒的说法深入他们的内心，他们一想到美国有可能挥霍中国的财富就倍感侮辱。
• Strictly speaking, this is twice as wasteful, as you are not just squandering your own time but also that of the person you are talking to.
  严格的说，聊天从浪费上来说，浪费的是两倍时间，不仅把自己时间耗掉了，还耽误了对方的时间。
• State institutions that invested in sinking foreign banks have faced public outrage for squandering national resources.
  投资了日渐衰败的外国银行的国家机构，因浪费国家资源而面临着公众愤怒。
• He gave no acknowledgement of his portion of guilt for the squandering of lives.
  他不承认自己在草菅人命方面的那份罪责。
• He's squandering the goodwill of his audience with tired.
  他用他那些烦人的二流戏法。
• But are we not squandering our future by relinquishing sweeping responsibility to the state?
  但是，如果把责任一股脑地推到政府身上，难道我们不是在挥霍未来吗？
• Squandering this legacy would be foolish.
  恣意挥霍这种宝贵遗产是愚蠢的行为。