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fritter

英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈfrɪtər]

v.  浪费; 细切; 剁碎; 减少; 消散
n.  油炸馅饼

复数:fritters 过去分词:frittered 现在分词:frittering 过去式:frittered 第三人称单数:fritters 

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BNC.22095 / COCA.21891

短语动词

fritter away
1. 浪费;挥霍  

短语用例

    fritter sth↔away (on sth)

    • 浪费(时间、金钱);挥霍
      to waste time or money on things that are not important

      牛津词典

        verb

          verb

            noun

            • 油炸馅饼
              a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried

              柯林斯词典

              • N-COUNT 油炸馅饼
                Frittersare round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.
                1. ...apple fritters.
                  苹果油炸馅饼
              • PHRASAL VERB 浪费;挥霍
                If someonefritters awaytime or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things.
                1. The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating...
                  这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。
                2. I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
                  我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。

              英英释义

              noun

              • small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables

                verb

                双语例句

                • If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it.
                  要是我口袋里有钱的话,我往往会挥霍一空。
                • Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
                  浪费某人的时间(在玩纸牌戏上)
                • You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.
                  仅仅又过了一天不是庆祝的理由,你的存在不是为了浪费宝贵的时光。
                • I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
                  我似乎把时间全都浪费在咖啡早茶会上了。
                • The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating
                  这家公司不久就开始挥霍赚来的钱。
                • 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。
                • The fritter of the rubber can be erased by the way by using the utility model.
                  使用本实用新型则可顺手把橡皮屑扫净。
                • Nine out of ten employees would simply fritter any extra money away "upon richer food and drink, better clothing, more extravagant living, which are beneficial neither to rich nor poor".
                  百分之九十的员工会将额外的收入浪费在“更昂贵的食物和饮料、好的服装、奢侈的生活之上,这对员工和老板都没有好处”。
                • We cannot ask one dry region to give away the dregs of its resources so another part of the country can fritter it away on golf courses and swimming pools.
                  我们不能要求一个干旱地区让出自己微薄的资源,而让本国其他地区浪费在高尔夫球场和游泳池这样的设施上。
                • That may reflect gamblers feeling more content to fritter away their earnings at the baccarat tables as the economy improves.
                  这可能反映出,在经济改善的时候,赌客们更愿意在赌台上挥霍自己赚的钱。