squanders

英 [ˈskwɒndəz] 美 [ˈskwɑːndərz]

v.  浪费，挥霍(金钱、时间等)
squander的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 浪费，挥霍(金钱、资源、机遇等)
    If you squander money, 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。
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双语例句

  1. Unfortunately, Sears squanders this brilliant starting point.
    不幸的是，西尔斯浪费了这个漂亮的开场白。
  2. For the first time in his history, man has the overwhelming resources to combat human suffering, yet he squanders them on meaningless pursuits.
    人类在自己的历史上第一次拥有了和人类不幸作战的强大技术力量，可是却把它们浪费在毫无意义的追求上。
  3. 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。
  4. But in its attempt to be all things to all demographics, it squanders a promising cast in favor of eye-candy and ephemeral storytelling.
    但在他尝试满足所有人的要求时，把有前途的角色浪费在满足视觉需要和无聊的故事情节上了。
  5. If one partner takes a large amount of money from the business and squanders it, the others must pay the debt.
    如果一个合伙人从企业取走一大笔钱，并把它随便花光，其他合伙人必须负责偿还这笔债款。
  6. It squanders a golden opportunity to shift away from a payment model that encourages doctors to prescribe too many overpriced tests.
    不仅如此，提案还浪费了转变现今鼓励医生开出高额处方的支付模式的最佳机会。
  7. In this case, the extension of consumer credit squanders savings which are now no longer available to finance other capital investments.
    此时消费信贷的扩张便吞噬了储蓄，这项投资就连本金也收不回来了。
  8. They're right about that: an undervalued currency promotes inflation, erodes the real wages of Chinese workers and squanders Chinese resources.
    他们在这一点上也是有道理的：定值低的货币将会促进通货膨胀，侵蚀中国工人的实际工资，浪费中国的资源。
  9. Also has these not to be able to find works is more anxious much also squanders the large number of students for the studies who in the family saves even is heavily in debt;
    还有那些找不到工作急得焦头烂额且为学业花光家里积蓄甚至是债台高筑的莘莘学子们；
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