| 单词 | squander |
| 释义 | squander (skwɒndəʳ ) Word forms: squanders , squandering , squandered verb If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices. [VERB noun + on] He had squandered his chances to win. [VERB noun] Synonyms: waste, spend, fritter away, blow [slang] Collocations: squander a resource Often they merely squander resources and stunt the growth of their people. Christianity Today Spending a certain proportion of national income every year makes no sense unless administrators can be sure of identifying programmes that will help, rather than merely squander resources. Times, Sunday Times At the time he was attacked for squandering resources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 浪费 Japanese: 浪費する |
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