squandering

英 [ˈskwɒndərɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɑːndərɪŋ]

v.  浪费，挥霍(金钱、时间等)
squander的现在分词

现在分词：squandering　

BNC.44431 / COCA.39635

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

noun

• spending resources lavishly and wastefully
  1. more wasteful than the squandering of time

双语例句

• Imbued with the resentful narrative of a century of national humiliation, they felt the prospect of the US squandering Chinese wealth was an indignity too far.
  百年国耻这一充满愤怒的说法深入他们的内心，他们一想到美国有可能挥霍中国的财富就倍感侮辱。
• Squandering this legacy would be foolish.
  恣意挥霍这种宝贵遗产是愚蠢的行为。
• But are we not squandering our future by relinquishing sweeping responsibility to the state?
  但是，如果把责任一股脑地推到政府身上，难道我们不是在挥霍未来吗？
• This squandering of resources could be reduced as study says by improving high harvesting techniques.
  研究报告表明，通过提高收割技术可以减少粮食的浪费。
• I worry that such a bank would be run by civil servants who would make lending decisions based on political grounds and end up squandering taxpayers 'money by backing the wrong entrepreneurs.
  我担心的是，这样一家银行会由公务员来管理，他们将从政治理由出发做出贷款决策，最终会因为支持错误的企业主而浪费纳税人的钱。
• He gave no acknowledgement of his portion of guilt for the squandering of lives.
  他不承认自己在草菅人命方面的那份罪责。
• Working together we can strive to overcome barriers to inward investment without undermining the rights of workers or squandering precious environmental resources.
  齐心协力，我们便能攻克对内投资的壁垒而不至于损害工人的权利或浪费宝贵的环境资源。
• Prodigious squandering ( usually by a government).
  巨大的浪费（通常是指政府）。
• It says better education levels without employment opportunities and a greater voice for women is squandering a valuable asset.
  报告说，提高妇女教育水平却不给她们就业机会和更大的话语权，这是在浪费一项宝贵的财富。
• However, it serves as a call to action for Malaysians in general and the government to reshape the country and stop squandering its luck and enormous potential.
  不过，这种监督吹响了一个号角，号召马来西亚全体国民和政府采取行动，重塑国家形象，不再挥霍国家的运气和巨大潜力。