squander
英 ['skwɒndə]
美 ['skwɑndɚ]
squander 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 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。
squander 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 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