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
- 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。 - We cannot ask one dry region to give away the dregs of its resources so another part of the country can fritter it away on golf courses and swimming pools.
我们不能要求一个干旱地区让出自己微薄的资源，而让本国其他地区浪费在高尔夫球场和游泳池这样的设施上。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？” - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间； - 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。