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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。
挥霍；浪费
squanders — third person singular of squander
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挥霍；浪费
to waste money, time, or opportunities carelessly and lavishly
He squandered his inheritance on gambling.
他把遗产挥霍在赌博上。
浪费,挥霍,铺张；大量花费；耗尽。
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
squander
Base
原形
squanders
3rd person
第三人称单数
squandering
-ing
现在分词
squandered
Past
过去式
squandered
Past participle
过去分词
He squanders his money on useless gadgets.
他挥霍金钱购买无用的 gadget。
She squandered her entire inheritance within a year.
她在一年内挥霍掉了所有遗产。
They have squandered their chances of winning.
他们已经浪费了获胜的机会。
规则动词
He squandered his inheritance on expensive cars.
他把遗产挥霍在昂贵的汽车上。
Don't squander your time on pointless arguments.
别把时间浪费在毫无意义的争吵上。
She squanders her salary on designer clothes every month.
她每个月都把工资挥霍在名牌衣服上。
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。
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.
她把整个下午都浪费在看电视上。
away加强语气，表示完全浪费掉。
Don't squander away your talent.
别浪费你的才华。
Not this
He squandered all his money for buying useless gadgets.
Use this
He squandered all his money on buying useless gadgets.
搭配介词错误：squander后应接介词on表示浪费在某事上，而不是for。
Not this
She squandered her time to watch TV all day.
Use this
She squandered her time watching TV all day.
动词形式错误：squander后应接动名词（-ing形式）表示浪费在活动上，而不是不定式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
挥霍金钱
He squandered all his money on gambling.
他把所有的钱都挥霍在赌博上。
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。
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。
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。
挥霍掉一大笔钱
Within a few years, he squandered a fortune on gambling.
几年之内，他就把一大笔钱挥霍在赌博上。
浪费领先优势
The team squandered a two-goal lead in the final minutes.
球队在最后几分钟浪费了两球的领先优势。
挥霍；浪费（时间、金钱或机会）
Don't squander away this golden opportunity.
别把这个绝佳的机会白白浪费掉。
你热爱生命吗？那就不要虚度光阴，因为生命正是由时间组成的。
This famous warning appears in Benjamin Franklin's 'The Way to Wealth' (1758), where he argues that time wasted is life wasted.
这句著名的告诫出自本杰明·富兰克林1758年的《致富之路》，他认为浪费时间就等于浪费生命。
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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。
通常及物，后接金钱、时间等；表示浪费在...上时用介词 on
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