squander — Słownik języka angielskiego

Czasownik

1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Synonimy

   wastelavishsplurgeslatherthrow awaymake ducks and drakes ofplay ducks and drakes withblow

   Antonimy

   conservehoardsave

   Przykłady

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   Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

   Więcej przykładów (3)

   I have squandered money enormously.... I ought to have saved, but saving is not easy in such a whirl of excitement as that in which I have lived.

   Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar.

   As the game opened up, Bolton squandered a fine opportunity to equalise - Chris Eagles shooting straight at Szczesny - but then back came Arsenal.

2. To scatter; to disperse.

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   […]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]

3. To wander at random; to scatter.

   Użycie

   • wyszłe z użycia
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   […]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.

Czasownik

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

   Synonimy

   wasteblow

   Terminy szersze

   consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe outuseexpend

   Przykłady

   He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends

   You squandered the opportunity to get an advanced degree

2. spend extravagantly

   Synonimy

   consumewasteware

   Terminy szersze

   spendexpenddrop

   Przykłady

   waste not, want not