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

• The banking industry has had countless chances to heed the warning signals from government and regulators and to reform itself but all the chances have been squandered.
  银行业曾有无数次机会听取政府和监管方的警告信号，对自身实施改革，但这些机会都被浪费了。
• I had feared that my time had been squandered and my last penny lost.
  我只恐我的时间浪掷了，我的最后一文钱也丢掉了。
• One opportunity after another has been squandered most recently in the failure promptly to pass a proper jobs bill.
  一个又一个机会被浪费掉最近的一个例子是，一项合理的就业法案未能获得通过。
• You've squandered every penny you've earned.
  你自己挣一个钱就花一个。
• 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。
• One that you've squandered on selfish endeavors.
  而你只是用自私的行动把它浪费了。
• In anytime has squandered a big half day.
  平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。
• She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
  她为一种虚幻的生活挥金如土。
• 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。
• 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。