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

• 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。
• I am not the casual person, but casually gets up is not the person. You're faced with ending it all, of squandering what was given.
  我不是随便的人，但随便起来就不是人。把到手的东西就这样随随便便弄掉。
• Even some government officials had started saying it was inappropriate for a senior official to be seen to be squandering taxpayers 'money at a time when Japanese citizens were being asked to consider paying higher taxes.
  甚至一些官员也开始表示，在政府要求国民考虑缴纳更多税赋的时候，一位政府高官却被视为正在浪费纳税人的钱，这显然不妥。
• 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。
• Imbued with the resentful narrative of a century of national humiliation, they felt the prospect of the US squandering Chinese wealth was an indignity too far.
  百年国耻这一充满愤怒的说法深入他们的内心，他们一想到美国有可能挥霍中国的财富就倍感侮辱。
• 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。
• State institutions that invested in sinking foreign banks have faced public outrage for squandering national resources.
  投资了日渐衰败的外国银行的国家机构，因浪费国家资源而面临着公众愤怒。
• Prodigious squandering ( usually by a government).
  巨大的浪费（通常是指政府）。
• However, it serves as a call to action for Malaysians in general and the government to reshape the country and stop squandering its luck and enormous potential.
  不过，这种监督吹响了一个号角，号召马来西亚全体国民和政府采取行动，重塑国家形象，不再挥霍国家的运气和巨大潜力。
• 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。