squander
英 ['skw?nd?]
美['skwɑnd?]
- vt. 浪費(fèi)
- vi. 浪費(fèi)；漂泊
- n. 浪費(fèi)
TEM4GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?squanders;過(guò)去式:?squandered;過(guò)去分詞:?squandered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?squandering;
助記提示
squander (死光的，食光的，撕光的) 浪費(fèi) ;
Squander：（口袋）是光的——浪費(fèi)、揮霍
諧音“死逛的”——有點(diǎn)錢(qián)就到街上拼命地逛街
中文詞源
squander 揮霍，浪費(fèi)詞源不詳，可能來(lái)自擬聲詞根 squ-,擠，壓，模仿擠壓濕物體時(shí)發(fā)出的吧唧聲。比較 splurge, 揮霍，浪費(fèi)。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.
- 胡克沒(méi)有將自己的錢(qián)浪費(fèi)在豪華轎車或其他惡習(xí)上。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
- 不要把你的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在讀那些胡編亂造的廉價(jià)小說(shuō)上.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.
- 幾乎沒(méi)有一個(gè)人能天天如此虛度光陰.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
- 如果我們浪費(fèi)礦物燃料, 我們就威脅文明.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. He said she used to squander the money.
- 他說(shuō)她以前胡亂花錢(qián).
來(lái)自辭典例句