squander
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈskwɒndə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˈskwɑːn.dɚ]
- 国际音标 ['skwɔndə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 浪費
- vi. 浪費；漂泊
- n. 浪費
词根记忆
- squand(看做squad，軍隊) + er→軍隊杜絕浪費→浪費
- 源自方言，因莎士比亞在《威尼斯商人》一劇中使用而廣泛流傳
- squand(看作squad，軍隊) + er→軍隊杜絕浪費
同根派生
- n性質的同根詞
- squanderer：放蕩者；揮霍者。
- squandermania：浪費狂；亂花狂。
英汉例句
- Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
那麽就不要浪費時間，因爲時間是組成生命的材料。 - This is so that you don’t squander your efforts or concentration.
如此這般你就不會浪費你的努力或專心了。 - We cannot afford, in this time of crisis, to squander our investments, to abandon our drive for greater balance in this world, which I firmly believe is a marker of civilized society.
我們不能在此危機時刻，浪費我們的投資，放棄我們在世界範圍促進均衡的努力，我堅信這是文明社會的一個標志。 - You also don't know that they'll give them to the equity owners they won't squander in the future.
你也不知道,他們是否能夠兌現股票持有者,它們不會揮霍未來。
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選 - He said TV pundits squander far too much attention on the rhetoric of the candidates.
NPR: The McEnroe Rule: Less Punditry Is More - Sometimes they squander their money, and prolonged absences from home can make their families break down.
FORBES: Heroes of Philanthropy - The people and firms see nothing but a worsening financial condition amidst so much squander.
FORBES: Money Creation and Limited Government
雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- waste squander 指竝無需要
- squander v 浪費
- wantonly squander 揮霍浪費
- squander money 揮霍金錢
- Wanna Squander 好想要揮霍
短語
英英字典
- to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage
- If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.