squandering
present participle ofsquander
| 单词 | squandering |
| 释义 | squandering present participle ofsquander squander verb[T] uk/ˈskwɒn.dər/us/ˈskwɑːn.dɚ/C2 towastemoneyorsupplies, or towasteopportunitiesby not using them toyouradvantage: They'llquitehappilysquander awholeyear'ssavingson twoweeksin thesun. Ireland squandered severalchances,includingapenaltythatcostthem thegame. Wasting
Examplesofsquanderingsquandering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. His mind was exerted to the utmost at every moment,squanderingall his energy. From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, he lived ' an idle and profligate life never working at his business ', andsquanderingaway their money. From theCambridge English Corpus They were packed with taverns and liquor stores that invited drinking and gambling and thesquanderingof wages. From theCambridge English Corpus We change for the sake of change, obliterating what was there before, often without finding out what or why it was, andsquanderingthe planet's resources along the way. From theCambridge English Corpus She objected when he took tosquanderingthe money that he received, returning home once he had run out of cash to be re-supplied by her. From theCambridge English Corpus We find incisive views on social phenomena, such as criticism of reckless youthsquanderinga fortune, the seamy side of the city's nightlife or social inequality. From theCambridge English Corpus The councillor would be surcharged for seeminglysquanderingthat money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, it has displayed the failure of ten years of diplomacy and highlighted the oversights, the shortcomings and the squanderings, of international co-operation. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Worst of all, they have billions of oil revenue that they aresquanderingon financing mass unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 While we aresquanderingour national strength on confrontation between labour and management, they have no adversarial industrial relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It helped to keep him out of the pub and fromsquanderingtime and money in the betting shop—money which he could not afford. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It must not be based, as at present, on greed and thesquanderingof wealth by multinational companies and international banks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is an opportunity to regain some of the credit we have lost throughsquanderingthe capital of the success of our referendum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would besquanderingthat very expensive experience if we did not use it in the advisory committee that is to be set up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we protest against this slipshod method, thissquanderingof the public money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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