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

• 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。
• In squandering the health of its young, the world squanders its tomorrows.
  年轻人在挥霍自己健康的同时世界也在浪费着他的未来。
• It says better education levels without employment opportunities and a greater voice for women is squandering a valuable asset.
  报告说，提高妇女教育水平却不给她们就业机会和更大的话语权，这是在浪费一项宝贵的财富。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's squandering the goodwill of his audience with tired.
  他用他那些烦人的二流戏法。
• 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。
• I have used up all my energy. some showed no concern for the interests of the masses, squandering manpower and material resources at will;
  我耗尽了全部的精力。有的部分对群众利益毫不关心，而尽情地耗费人力和物力；
• 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。
• 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。