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
- Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
浪费某人的时间(在玩纸牌戏上) - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
这可能反映出,在经济改善的时候,赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。 - Never fritter away your time;
莫浪费时间;
