食材鋪反向词典

squander

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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

    雙語例句

  • 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。

    • 原聲例句

  • 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

    • 權威例句

  • 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

词组短语

    短語

  • 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

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.