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

• Matthew Sinclair of the TaxPayers'Alliance said," There is no chance that these officials would spend their own money this way, so why should they be allowed to fritter away ours?"
  英国纳税人联盟的马修·辛克莱说，“这些官员不可能花自己的钱去学这些，那么他们为什么可以这样浪费我们的钱呢？”
• Whatever general good will exists for the union movement, this strike is likely to fritter it away.
  一般存在什么善意工会运动，这次罢工可能犹疑带走。
• Never fritter away your time;
  莫浪费时间；
• It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
  如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。
• Manchu wanted to exercise authority through its own hairstyle, and fritter away the superiority complex of Han nationality.
  满族希望通过推行满族发式来确立自己统治权威，消磨汉族人的优越心理。
• 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。
• "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！”
• 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。
• Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
  浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上）
• Nine out of ten employees would simply fritter any extra money away "upon richer food and drink, better clothing, more extravagant living, which are beneficial neither to rich nor poor".
  百分之九十的员工会将额外的收入浪费在“更昂贵的食物和饮料、好的服装、奢侈的生活之上，这对员工和老板都没有好处”。