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

• 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。
• He has squandered all his savings on drink.
  他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
• Byron squandered a fortune.
  拜伦把一笔家产挥霍殆尽了。
• 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？
• He had squandered his chances to win.
  他白白浪费了获胜的机会。
• In the boom times money was squandered now lenders and investors are deploying it much more wisely.
  在繁荣时期，人们肆意挥霍资金；现在，信贷机构和投资者正在更明智地配置资金。
• Lyndon Johnson squandered his gifts and his landslide mandate on Vietnam and was forced to stand down.
  林顿约翰逊把他的才能和占压倒多数的当选票，全都浪费在越南问题上了，最后被迫宣布退出总统竞。
• In anytime has squandered a big half day.
  平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。
• 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。
• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。