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 has squandered all his savings on drink.
  他把存的钱全买酒喝了。
• They squandered their little nest-egg.
  他们挥霍掉了他们的一点点存款。
• Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game.
  爱尔兰队浪费了几个机会，包括导致他们输掉比赛的一个点球。
• The Government made a total hash of things and squandered a small fortune
  政府把事情搞砸了，还白白浪费了一大笔钱。
• Pension money was squandered in the past on things like building holiday resorts in preposterous but politically important places.
  过去，养老金被挥霍在一些诸如在不合理却有政治意义的地点建设度假村的事情上。
• All the while, as the IMF rightly warns, other opportunities are being squandered.
  一直以来，正如imf所警告的那样，其它机会都被浪费了。
• 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。
• Squandered, leaving only a life of regret;
  挥霍了，只留得一生遗憾；
• In anytime has squandered a big half day.
  平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。
• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。