Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #14153
squander
挥霍；浪费
核心释义
to waste money, time, or opportunities carelessly and lavishly
- 1.
浪费,挥霍,铺张；大量花费；耗尽。
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
浪费,挥霍,铺张；大量花费；耗尽。；浪费；使分散；漂泊；四散
用法In use
He squandered his inheritance on expensive cars.
用法提示：这里用过去式 squandered 表示挥霍已发生。
Don't squander your time on pointless arguments.
用法提示：祈使句中使用动词原形 squander，表示劝告不要浪费。
She squanders her salary on designer clothes every month.
用法提示：一般现在时第三人称单数 squanders，表示习惯性浪费。
squander sth (on sth)
表示将某物浪费在特定事物上，on后接名词或动名词。
He squandered his inheritance on gambling.
他把遗产挥霍在赌博上。
squander sth doing sth
表示浪费时间做某事，doing sth为现在分词短语。
She squandered the whole afternoon watching TV.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- squander money
- 挥霍金钱
- He squandered all his money on gambling.他把所有的钱都挥霍在赌博上。
- squander an opportunity
- 浪费机会
- She didn't want to squander the opportunity to study abroad.她不想浪费出国留学的机会。
- squander time
- 浪费时间
- Don't squander time on meaningless arguments.不要把时间浪费在无意义的争论上。
- squander resources
- 浪费资源
- The government squandered public resources on unnecessary projects.政府把公共资源浪费在不必要的项目上。
- squander a fortune
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记：squander 的后半段 -ander 与 wander（闲逛）相同，逛街时乱花钱，把钱浪费光。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、financial advice squander 比较正式，多用于书面语或正式场合，表示浪费金钱、时间或机会；日常口语中更常说 waste。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常及物，后接金钱、时间等；表示浪费在...上时用介词 on
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only wander and yonder rhyme with squander in British pronunciation (/ˈskwɒndə/). Slander shares the -ander spelling but is pronounced /ˈslɑːndə/. Squad and squash share the squa- spelling and initial /skwɒ/ but do not rhyme; square looks similar but sounds /skweə/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.