squander 音标拼音: [skw'ɑndɚ]
vt . 浪费,使分散
vi . 浪费,漂泊,四散
浪费,使分散浪费,漂泊,四散
squander v 1 :
spend thoughtlessly ;
throw away ; "
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends "; "
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree " [
synonym : {
waste }, {
blow },
{
squander }] [
ant : {
conserve }, {
economise }, {
economize },
{
husband }]
2 :
spend extravagantly ; "
waste not ,
want not " [
synonym : {
consume },
{
squander }, {
waste }, {
ware }]
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p .
pr . &
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n . {
Squandering }.] [
Cf .
Scot .
squatter to splash water about ,
to scatter ,
to squander ,
Prov .
E .
swatter ,
Dan .
sqvatte ,
Sw .
sqv [
aum ]
tta to squirt ,
sqv [
aum ]
ttra to squander ,
Icel .
skvetta to squirt out ,
to throw out water .]
1 .
To scatter ;
to disperse . [
Obs .]
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Our squandered troops he rallies . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To spend lavishly or profusely ;
to spend prodigally or wastefully ;
to use without economy or judgment ;
to dissipate ;
as ,
to squander an estate .
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The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly . --
Rambler .
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Syn :
To spend ;
expend ;
waste ;
scatter ;
dissipate .
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Squander \
Squan "
der \,
v .
i .
1 .
To spend lavishly ;
to be wasteful .
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They often squandered ,
but they never gave .
--
Savage .
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2 .
To wander at random ;
to scatter . [
R .]
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The wise man '
s folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool . --
Shak .
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Squander \
Squan "
der \,
n .
The act of squandering ;
waste .
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "
squander ":
ablate ,
absorb ,
assimilate ,
bleed white ,
blow ,
budget ,
burn up ,
consume ,
cost ,
cost out ,
decrease ,
deplete ,
depreciate ,
digest ,
disburse ,
dissipate ,
drain ,
drain of resources ,
dribble away ,
eat ,
eat up ,
erode ,
exhaust ,
expend ,
extravagancy ,
finish ,
finish off ,
fool away ,
fork out ,
fritter ,
gamble away ,
go through ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
hang the expense ,
impoverish ,
incur costs ,
ingest ,
invest ,
lavish ,
lavishness ,
lay out ,
open the purse ,
outlay ,
overdoing ,
pay ,
pay out ,
prodigality ,
put out ,
run through ,
scatter ,
schedule ,
seize the day ,
shell out ,
shrink ,
sink money in ,
slather ,
sow broadcast ,
spend ,
splurge ,
suck dry ,
swallow ,
swallow up ,
throw ,
throw away ,
throw money around ,
use up ,
waste ,
waste away ,
wastefulness ,
wear ,
wear away
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