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

• They denounced the government for its reckless squandering of public funds.
  他们指责政府胡乱挥霍公共基金。
• 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。
• The heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes-Edith Wharton; reckless squandering of public funds.
  习惯于拥有大量财产的人们的轻率、慷慨和时不时的奢侈&伊迪斯·沃顿。
• He's squandering the goodwill of his audience with tired.
  他用他那些烦人的二流戏法。
• I see all this potential, and I see squandering.
  我看见了你们所有的潜力，都被浪费了。
• 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。
• By creating many of their artifacts according to this principle, they avoided squandering time and attention on documentation that wasn't necessary for delivering a stable, well-tested product.
  通过根据这个原则建立许多工件，他们避免了为交付一个稳定、测试良好的产品而在不必要的文档上浪费很多时间和精力的情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？