fritter away

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]

美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]

浪费; 挥霍

英英释义

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:fritterfrivol awaydissipateshootfoolfool away

双语例句

• Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
  否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。
• If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
  假如放几本书，丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时，就可以顺手翻翻，消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。
• You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.
  仅仅又过了一天不是庆祝的理由，你的存在不是为了浪费宝贵的时光。
• Never fritter away your time;
  莫浪费时间；
• That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
  这可能反映出，在经济改善的时候，赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。
• I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
  我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。
• Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
  浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上）
• "Pei-yao, I think you should keep an eye on your sister, and not let her fritter away her time as if she were still a child."
  “佩瑶，你也总得把阿珊的事放在心上，不要由她每天像小孩子似的一味玩笑！”
• You will need your physical energy as the shift gets underway, so don't fritter it away it on unimportant activities.
  你同样需要良好的身体状态去应对这正在进行中的转变，所以不要浪费时间在那些不重要的活动上。
• Some Indians, too, fear their country could fritter away its democratic dividend.
  一些印度人也担心，印度可能会浪费自己的人口红利。