squander

简单释义：

n.浪费

v.浪费

网络挥霍；乱花；驱散

变形：

第三人称单数：squanders  现在分词：squandering  过去分词：squandered  

完整释义：

v.

1.挥霍,挥霍光,挥霍殆尽;浪费,浪费掉
2.挥霍;浪费;乱用(时间、金钱等)
3.浪荡,漂泊
4.花,乱花,胡乱花,随便花光
5.驱散,使散开
6.四散
7.虚掷;孤注一掷
8.虚度

n.

1.浪费,挥霍

例句：

1. If man continued to squander natural resources with no thought for the future, the later generations would be in danger.
   如果人类不为将来着想继续浪费自然资源，后代就会受到威胁。

2. Alexander Korneev, an analyst at Citibank, worries that the firm will squander its earnings by spending too much on new dams.
   花旗银行的一位分析师AlexanderKorneev则担心公司会由于修建了过多的大坝而把其盈利挥霍掉。

3. "It is absolutely essential that countries do not squander these precious resources through poorly targeted measures, " said Chan.
   陈博士说：“国家不通过不佳的措施挥霍这些珍贵的资源是绝对必要的。”

4. to see another Republican in the White House squander our promise of a country that really fulfills the hopes of our people.
   （我）可不愿看到白宫里再出现一个共和党人糟蹋这个能真正带给人民希望的国家做出的承诺。

5. There really are no excuses to squander your commuting time. No matter how you commute, you can always take advantage of the time you have.
   我实在想不出有什么借口去浪费那段时间，不管你是用什么方式上下班的，总有适合你的方法。

6. tangle: that sounds like crazy. but i'm not an american, so i don't have to squander my rmbs.
   听起来简直太疯狂了。但是我不是美国人，所以我不用挥霍我的人民币。

7. American prosperity reflects a historical tradition of good government, an advantage we should be loath to squander.
   美国的繁荣反映了一个好政府的历史传统，这是个我们不愿意挥霍的优势。

8. To achieve that, the danger is that the new government will err on the side of timidity and squander its political capital.
   但实现这一目标也伴随有风险，即新政府将过于怯懦，使其政治资本被白白浪费。

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