fritter away

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]

美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]

浪费; 挥霍

英英释义

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:fritterfrivol awaydissipateshootfoolfool away

双语例句

• Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things? The consensus-making process may take a long time.
  你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上。协议的进程费力耗时。
• It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
  如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。
• Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
  浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上）
• "Pei-yao, I think you should keep an eye on your sister, and not let her fritter away her time as if she were still a child."
  “佩瑶，你也总得把阿珊的事放在心上，不要由她每天像小孩子似的一味玩笑！”
• That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
  这可能反映出，在经济改善的时候，赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。
• Whenever she's tempted to fritter away time, doing something that doesn't contribute to the magazine's success, she glances at that issue, and it gets her back on track.
  每当她受到什么事情引诱而消磨时间、做一些与杂志成功无关的事情时，看看那本杂志，她的注意力就会回到正事上来。
• Some Indians, too, fear their country could fritter away its democratic dividend.
  一些印度人也担心，印度可能会浪费自己的人口红利。
• You will need your physical energy as the shift gets underway, so don't fritter it away it on unimportant activities.
  你同样需要良好的身体状态去应对这正在进行中的转变，所以不要浪费时间在那些不重要的活动上。
• Manchu wanted to exercise authority through its own hairstyle, and fritter away the superiority complex of Han nationality.
  满族希望通过推行满族发式来确立自己统治权威，消磨汉族人的优越心理。
• To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time.
  拒绝它或者忽略它或者浪费它都将带给我们以后长久的耻辱。