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vt. 浪费
vi. 浪费；漂泊
n. 浪费
v.
挥霍，浪费；驱散，使散开；浪荡，漂泊；
n.
挥霍，浪费；
变形
过去式：squandered过去分词：squandered现在分词：squandering第三人称单数：squanders
英英释义
squander[ 'skwɔndə ]
v.
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
同义词：wasteblow
spend extravagantly
同义词：consumewasteware
双语例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
It's a crime to squander our country's natural resources.
浪费我们国家的自然资源是一种罪恶
Don't squander your affection on him, he'll never love you.
不要把感情浪费在他身上，他是永远不会爱你的。
He has squandered all his savings on drink.
他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
Addictions are good ways to squander wealth and health.
上瘾是挥霍健康和金钱的好办法。
权威例句
QUANTAL SQUANDERDon't squander precious time on genes
Harvard squanders Holocaust endowment
Will Texas Squander Its Prosperity?
How Not to Squander the Volunteer Spirit
Central controllers could squander NHS windfall
Free to Squander? Democracy, Institutional Design, and Economic Sustainability, 1975–2000
The Squander Sequence: Understanding Food Waste at Each Stage of the Consumer Decision Making Process
The medical liability crisis of 2003: must we squander the chance to put patients first?
Internal vs External Financing of Acquisitions: Do Managers Squander Retained Profits?
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.
1. Similarly, a plant or animal cannot squander all its energy on growing a big body if none would be left over for reproduction, for this is the surest way to extinction.
同样，如果一种植物或动物没有留下任何可以繁殖的后代，它就不能把所有的能量浪费在使自己变得更强壮上，因为这是最可能走向灭绝的方式。
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2. We intend to campaign against specific projects which damage the environment or squander our resources, and fight for their correction with every legal means at our disposal.
我们打算反对破坏环境或浪费我们资源的具体项目，并争取利用我们所掌握的一切法律手段加以纠正。
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3. Hobbs didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.
霍布斯没有把钱挥霍在奢华汽车或其他恶习上。
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4. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her "housekeeping”, would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.
一般的工人会在周五晚上领工资，然后，人们普遍认为，在给了他的妻子“家用”之后，就会出去把剩下的钱花在啤酒和赌博上。
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5. You just had to squander me away.
你要的只不过是把我挥霍掉！
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6. That support is yours to squander.
这些支持就是你的资本。
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7. Don't squander your words or your thoughts.
不要浪费你的话，或者您的想法。
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8. Maximize opportunities; don't squander them.
将机会最大化，不要白白浪费。
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9. Youth is wonderful, squander youth is a crime.
青春是美妙的，挥霍青春就是犯罪。
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10. He would not squander his inheritance this time.
这一次他不会再挥霍浪费他的财产了。
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11. Don't squander your affection on him, he'll never love you.
不要把感情浪费在他身上，他是永远不会爱你的。
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12. There really are no excuses to squander your commuting time.
没有任何借口允许你浪费上下班路上的时间。
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13. This is so that you don't squander your efforts or concentration.
如此这般你就不会浪费你的努力或专心了。
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14. Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
那么就不要浪费时间，因为时间是组成生命的材料。
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15. Then do not squander time ; for that"s the stuff5 life is made of .
那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
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16. Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .
那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
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17. My kids know nothing about money and will squander the family fortunes.
我的孩子对理财一无所知，总有一天会荡尽家财。
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18. You have a great opportunity to seize or squander — don't do the latter.
你有一个好机会可以抓住或者挥霍霍——千万不要做后者。
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19. Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff5 life is made of. Benjamin.
那么，别浪费时间，因为生命是由时间组成的。
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20. Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of.
你热爱生命吗？那么别浪费时间，因为时间是组成生命的材料。
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21. Why do I squander so much mental energy on the mundane purchases of everyday life?
为什么要在这些日常购物小事上耗费这么多心力呢？
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22. So, we squander a valuable sleep time, loitering in a world of the non-existent feelings.
于是我们挥霍着宝贵的睡眠时间，游荡在一个不存在的感情世界里。
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23. That's the generation that usually prefers to squander its inheritance rather than add to it.
第三代往往喜欢挥霍他们的遗产，而不是在遗产的基础上有所增益。
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24. They squander cash on raising funds; they hoard it; they fail to oversee how efficiently they spend it.
他们在筹集基金上浪费钱；他们把钱储藏起来，但是他们却不能好好监管自己如何有效地花钱。
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25. Some fashion houses squander their hard fought cool rep by plastering a company logo on everything that moves.
一些时装公司将精力浪费在推销上，他们在任何可以移动的东西上涂上他们公司的标志。
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26. This seems mad, except that the obligation to repay the loan ensured the women did not squander the money.
这看起来太疯狂了，除非她们此举是为了确保自己不乱花钱而特意找个还贷的责任。
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27. This seems mad, except that the obligation to repay the loan ensured the women did not squander the money.
这看起来太疯狂了，除非她们此举是为了确保自己不乱花钱而特意找个还贷的责任。
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