squander

英 ['skw?nd?] 美['skwɑnd?]

TEM4GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?squanders;過去式:?squandered;過去分詞:?squandered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?squandering;

squander (死光的，食光的，撕光的) 浪費(fèi) ;

Squander：（口袋）是光的——浪費(fèi)、揮霍

諧音“死逛的”——有點(diǎn)錢就到街上拼命地逛街

squander 揮霍，浪費(fèi)

詞源不詳，可能來自擬聲詞根 squ-,擠，壓，模仿擠壓濕物體時(shí)發(fā)出的吧唧聲。比較 splurge, 揮霍，浪費(fèi)。

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.

1. Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.: 胡克沒有將自己的錢浪費(fèi)在豪華轎車或其他惡習(xí)上。

2. Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.: 不要把你的時(shí)間浪費(fèi)在讀那些胡編亂造的廉價(jià)小說上.

3. Naturally , hardly anyone could afford to squander so much time every day.: 幾乎沒有一個(gè)人能天天如此虛度光陰.

4. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.: 如果我們浪費(fèi)礦物燃料, 我們就威脅文明.