fritter away

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r) əˈweɪ]

美 [ˈfrɪtər əˈweɪ]

浪费; 挥霍

英英释义

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:fritterfrivol awaydissipateshootfoolfool away

双语例句

• 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？”
• If put a few books, when the wife that final preparation makes before the husband waits to go out, OK conveniently breaks up, fritter away says that paragraph bad it is long it is short time.
  假如放几本书，丈夫等待出门前作最后预备的妻子时，就可以顺手翻翻，消磨那段说不好是长是短的时间。
• "Pei-yao, I think you should keep an eye on your sister, and not let her fritter away her time as if she were still a child."
  “佩瑶，你也总得把阿珊的事放在心上，不要由她每天像小孩子似的一味玩笑！”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
  浪费某人的时间（在玩纸牌戏上）
• 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。
• 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。