squander怎么读
音标：英 ['skwɒndə]
美['skwɑndɚ]
squander是什么意思
- vt. 浪费
- vi. 浪费；漂泊
- n. 浪费
squander的词态变化
第三人称单数: squanders;过去式: squandered;过去分词: squandered;现在分词: squandering;
助记提示
squander (死光的，食光的，撕光的) 浪费 ;
Squander：（口袋）是光的——浪费、挥霍
谐音“死逛的”——有点钱就到街上拼命地逛街
Squander：（口袋）是光的——浪费、挥霍
谐音“死逛的”——有点钱就到街上拼命地逛街
中文词源
squander 挥霍，浪费
词源不详，可能来自拟声词根 squ-,挤，压，模仿挤压湿物体时发出的吧唧声。比较 splurge, 挥霍，浪费。
英文词源
- squander (v.)
- 1580s (implied in squandering), "to spend recklessly or prodigiously," of unknown origin; Shakespeare used it in "Merchant of Venice" (1593) with a sense of "to be scattered over a wide area." Squander-bug, a British symbol of reckless extravagance and waste during war-time shortages, represented as a devilish insect, was introduced 1943. In U.S., Louis Ludlow coined squanderlust (1935) for the tendency of government bureaucracies to spend much money.
squander的双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
- 不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.
- 几乎没有一个人能天天如此虚度光阴.
来自辞典例句
- 4. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
- 如果我们浪费矿物燃料, 我们就威胁文明.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He said she used to squander the money.
- 他说她以前胡乱花钱.
来自辞典例句
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