fritter away
英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]
美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]
浪费; 挥霍
英英释义
verb
- spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
双语例句
- That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
这可能反映出，在经济改善的时候，赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。 - It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。 - Some Indians, too, fear their country could fritter away its democratic dividend.
一些印度人也担心，印度可能会浪费自己的人口红利。 - Matthew Sinclair of the TaxPayers'Alliance said," There is no chance that these officials would spend their own money this way, so why should they be allowed to fritter away ours?"
英国纳税人联盟的马修·辛克莱说，“这些官员不可能花自己的钱去学这些，那么他们为什么可以这样浪费我们的钱呢？” - Whatever general good will exists for the union movement, this strike is likely to fritter it away.
一般存在什么善意工会运动，这次罢工可能犹疑带走。 - Whenever she's tempted to fritter away time, doing something that doesn't contribute to the magazine's success, she glances at that issue, and it gets her back on track.
每当她受到什么事情引诱而消磨时间、做一些与杂志成功无关的事情时，看看那本杂志，她的注意力就会回到正事上来。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间； - To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time.
拒绝它或者忽略它或者浪费它都将带给我们以后长久的耻辱。 - "Pei-yao, I think you should keep an eye on your sister, and not let her fritter away her time as if she were still a child."
“佩瑶，你也总得把阿珊的事放在心上，不要由她每天像小孩子似的一味玩笑！” - Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。