fritter

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈfrɪtər]

v.  浪费; 细切; 剁碎; 减少; 消散
n.  油炸馅饼

复数：fritters　过去分词：frittered　现在分词：frittering　过去式：frittered　第三人称单数：fritters　

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BNC.22095 / COCA.21891

短语动词

短语用例

fritter sth↔away (on sth)

• 浪费（时间、金钱）；挥霍
  to waste time or money on things that are not important

牛津词典

verb

verb

noun

• 油炸馅饼
  a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 油炸馅饼
  Frittersare round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.
  1. ...apple fritters.
     苹果油炸馅饼
• PHRASAL VERB 浪费;挥霍
  If someonefritters awaytime or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.
  1. The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
     这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

verb

• spend frivolously and unwisely
  1. Fritter away one's inheritance
  Synonym:frivol awaydissipateshootfritter awayfoolfool away

双语例句

• Fritter containing corn or corn kernels.
  夹有玉米粒的油炸馅饼。
• "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！”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fritter containing sliced apple.
  夹有苹果片的油炸馅饼。
• Nine out of ten employees would simply fritter any extra money away "upon richer food and drink, better clothing, more extravagant living, which are beneficial neither to rich nor poor".
  百分之九十的员工会将额外的收入浪费在“更昂贵的食物和饮料、好的服装、奢侈的生活之上，这对员工和老板都没有好处”。
• Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things? The consensus-making process may take a long time.
  你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上。协议的进程费力耗时。