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

• The First World War represented a terrifying waste of youth and potential, a cruel squandering of the positive forces of our planet.
  第一次世界大战是对青春和潜能的巨大浪费，是对地球上正面能量的残忍挥霍。
• I worry that such a bank would be run by civil servants who would make lending decisions based on political grounds and end up squandering taxpayers 'money by backing the wrong entrepreneurs.
  我担心的是，这样一家银行会由公务员来管理，他们将从政治理由出发做出贷款决策，最终会因为支持错误的企业主而浪费纳税人的钱。
• Worse, we think those who pursue art and have no condo to show for it are squandering their lives.
  更糟糕的是，一些人认为有志于艺术工作，因而没有能力拥有共管公寓的人，简直是在浪费生命。
• Now, the mountain view, California-based giant is intent on not squandering its lead.
  现在，谷歌这个位于加州山景城的科技巨头又在不遗余力地强化其领先地位。
• He gave no acknowledgement of his portion of guilt for the squandering of lives.
  他不承认自己在草菅人命方面的那份罪责。
• 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。
• He was on his way home from drinking, gambling, or some combination thereof, squandering money that we could have used and wasting time that we desperately needed.
  他要么刚刚喝完酒回来，或赌了几把，要么两者皆有。他挥霍着我们本可以用于日常开销的血汗钱，还浪费了我们迫切需要的时间&和父亲在一起的时间。
• 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？
• Squandering this legacy would be foolish.
  恣意挥霍这种宝贵遗产是愚蠢的行为。