squander

英['skwɒndə(r)]美['skwɑːndər]
  • vt. 浪费；挥霍

    • 记忆方法

    万物拟声法
    词源不详，可能来自拟声词根squ-，挤，压，模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。比较splurge，挥霍，浪费。
      verb(动词)
      1. 浪费，挥霍（金钱或补给品）;糟蹋（机会）

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 浪费，挥霍（金钱或补给品）;糟蹋（机会）

      They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.

      他们会心甘情愿地把全年的积蓄花掉，度两个星期的阳光假期。

      Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game.

      爱尔兰队错失了几次机会，包括导致他们输掉比赛的一次点球。

    小知识

    To squander means to spend extravagantly, thoughtlessly, or wastefully. If you need to save for college, don't squander your income on nightly sushi dinners.

    Squander used to mean scatter, and the way we use it now implies throwing something (like money) all over the place. You can squander time as well as money. If you have a big deadline but you are chatting away or looking at social networking sites, you are squandering your time. If you have an opportunity to play for a major league baseball team but show up late to tryouts and criticize the coach, you have probably squandered your chance.

    实用短语

    1. to squander

      耗费,浪费,挥霍,乱花钱

    2. squander decadent youth

      挥霍颓废的青春

    3. do not squander our youth

      不要挥霍我们的青春

    单词用法

    变化形式
    第三人称单数： squanders过去式： squandered过去分词： squandered现在分词： squandering

    同义词

    vt.浪费

    dissipate  /  misspend  /  lavish  /  away  /  waste  /  throw

    其他释义

    misspend  /  moon  /  shell  /  lavish  /  dissipate  /  scatter  /  away  /  waste  /  throw

    同根词

    词根：squander

    n.

    squanderer放荡者；挥霍者

    squandermania浪费狂；乱花狂