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

• In squandering the health of its young, the world squanders its tomorrows.
  年轻人在挥霍自己健康的同时世界也在浪费着他的未来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Disorder of money are always reasons for spending money, you do not have to mind their own business, because the money is not squandering of you.
  乱化钱的人总有乱花钱的理由，你不用去多管闲事，因为乱花的那些钱不是化你的。
• 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。
• Strictly speaking, this is twice as wasteful, as you are not just squandering your own time but also that of the person you are talking to.
  严格的说，聊天从浪费上来说，浪费的是两倍时间，不仅把自己时间耗掉了，还耽误了对方的时间。
• I have used up all my energy. some showed no concern for the interests of the masses, squandering manpower and material resources at will;
  我耗尽了全部的精力。有的部分对群众利益毫不关心，而尽情地耗费人力和物力；
• The First World War represented a terrifying waste of youth and potential, a cruel squandering of the positive forces of our planet.
  第一次世界大战是对青春和潜能的巨大浪费，是对地球上正面能量的残忍挥霍。
• I am not the casual person, but casually gets up is not the person. You're faced with ending it all, of squandering what was given.
  我不是随便的人，但随便起来就不是人。把到手的东西就这样随随便便弄掉。
• Now, the mountain view, California-based giant is intent on not squandering its lead.
  现在，谷歌这个位于加州山景城的科技巨头又在不遗余力地强化其领先地位。