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
- You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.
仅仅又过了一天不是庆祝的理由，你的存在不是为了浪费宝贵的时光。 - 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？” - Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上） - 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。 - I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。 - You will need your physical energy as the shift gets underway, so don't fritter it away it on unimportant activities.
你同样需要良好的身体状态去应对这正在进行中的转变，所以不要浪费时间在那些不重要的活动上。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间； - Manchu wanted to exercise authority through its own hairstyle, and fritter away the superiority complex of Han nationality.
满族希望通过推行满族发式来确立自己统治权威，消磨汉族人的优越心理。 - 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。