fritter
发音
英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]
美 [ˈfrɪtɚ]
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- vt.
- 消耗
- 浪费
- （在…上）浪费金钱
- 浪费时间
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- n.
- 油炸果馅[肉馅]饼
单词词源
fritter 挥霍，油炸馅饼
挥霍义词源同fraction, 碎片，引申词义挥霍，浪费，扔弃。馅饼义来自fry, 煎，油炸。
双语例句
- 1. Don 't fritter away your retirement leisure on facebook .
- 你可别把自己的退休休闲时光浪费在facebook上。
- 2. The family-owned chain does not fritter away cash on advertising .
- 家族式连锁不会在广告费用上造成任何浪费。
- 3. 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。
- 4. But he warned it could backfire if politicians fritter away whatever time the central bank has bought .
- 但是他警告说，假如政治家们把中央银行买来的时间浪费掉了，这些措施可能会造成不良后果。
- 5. That was good value , considering that we now fritter the same amount every nine days in afghanistan .
- 这钱花的绝对值，但如今我们在阿富汗每9天就浪费了这么多的钱。