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.- 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。 - He had squandered his chances to win.
他白白浪费了获胜的机会。
- Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices...
英英释义
adj
- not used to good advantage
- squandered money cannot be replaced
- a wasted effort
双语例句
- He had squandered his chances to win.
他白白浪费了获胜的机会。 - To be squandered by some silly misunderstanding.
不能因为一些愚蠢的误解而浪费。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They squandered their little nest-egg.
他们挥霍掉了他们的一点点存款。 - In anytime has squandered a big half day.
平平无奇地已经挥霍了大半天。 - But when the tap ran freely, water was squandered, and-inevitably-stopped.
但当水龙头可以免费开时,水被大量浪费,然后-可避免的-没了。 - 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。 - The Clinton Administration left behind a surplus, but this Administration squandered it.
克林顿政府留下的财政盈余已被本届政府挥霍殆尽。