squander
英 ['skwɒndə]
美 ['skwɑndɚ]
助記提示
squander (死光的，食光的，撕光的) 浪費 ;
Squander：（口袋）是光的——浪費、揮霍
諧音“死逛的”——有點錢就到街上拚命地逛街
中文詞源
squander 揮霍，浪費詞源不詳，可能來自擬聲詞根 squ-,擠，壓，模仿擠壓濕物體時發出的吧唧聲。比較 splurge, 揮霍，浪費。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.
- 胡克沒有將自己的錢浪費在豪華轎車或其他惡習上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.
- 不要把你的時間浪費在讀那些胡編亂造的廉價小說上.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.
- 幾乎沒有一個人能天天如此虛度光陰.
來自辭典例句
- 4. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
- 如果我們浪費礦物燃料, 我們就威脅文明.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He said she used to squander the money.
- 他說她以前胡亂花錢.
來自辭典例句