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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

                • Fritter containing corn or corn kernels.
                  夹有玉米粒的油炸馅饼。
                • Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things? The consensus-making process may take a long time.
                  你为何将时间和心思都耗费在琐碎的小事上。协议的进程费力耗时。
                • 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。
                • 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。
                • Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
                  否则,你就干脆处理工作上的事情,然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。
                • But if you are a serious private investor, leave the Las Vegas mentality to those with money to fritter.
                  但是,如果你是一个认真的私人投资者,就把拉斯韦加斯的心态留给那些有钱可供挥霍的人。
                • Matthew Sinclair of the TaxPayers'Alliance said," There is no chance that these officials would spend their own money this way, so why should they be allowed to fritter away ours?"
                  英国纳税人联盟的马修·辛克莱说,“这些官员不可能花自己的钱去学这些,那么他们为什么可以这样浪费我们的钱呢?”
                • 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。
                • Never fritter away your time;
                  莫浪费时间;
                • Fritter away one's time ( on playing cards)
                  浪费某人的时间(在玩纸牌戏上)