frittered

英 [ˈfrɪtəd]

美 [ˈfrɪtərd]

v.  浪费; 细切; 剁碎; 减少; 消散
fritter的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• The government said that with Ebola waning, many children were already playing in their communities, and that potential teaching time in the classroom was being frittered away.
  政府表示，随着埃博拉疫情缓解，很多孩子已经开始在自己的社区里玩耍，本来可以花在课堂上的教学时间被白白浪费了。
• Study on Craft of Dried Fish Floss from Tilapia 'flesh Frittered
  用罗非鱼碎肉制作鱼松的生产工艺研究
• Study on Technique ( craft) of Gel Product of Tilapia 'flesh Frittered
  罗非鱼鱼碎肉凝胶化产品技术（工艺）研究
• He's frittered away the money his father left him.
  他挥霍掉了父亲留给他的钱财。
• Our life is frittered away by detail. Don't wear away your life in trifles.
  我们的生活在琐碎之中消耗掉了。
• In a standard IMF programme, it sets conditions around fiscal discipline and structural reform, to make sure a currency devaluation is not frittered away and instead returns a country to a sustainable position where it can pay down its debt.
  在imf标准的项目中，它会围绕财政纪律和结构改革设定条件，从而确保受援国不会滥用货币贬值措施，而是帮助该国回归到有能力偿还债务的可持续状态。
• In both cases investors turned off their risk radar and frittered away untold billions of dollars.
  在这两场泡沫中，投资者都关闭了风险雷达，浪费了无数资金。
• He has frittered away every chance he ever got.
  他把到手的每个机会都糟塌掉了。
• Our life is frittered away by detail, simplify it, and simplify it.& David Thoreau Henry American writer
  我们的生活都被琐事浪费掉了，简单点，简单点。美国作家亨利
• He frittered his savings away on cars.
  他把积蓄都浪费在车上。