V-T If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them. 浪费 (金钱、资源或机会)
Hobbs didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices.
霍布斯没有把钱挥霍在奢华汽车或其他恶习上。
"Simply transforming a state monopoly into private monopoly squanders the potential of privatization," says Newfarmer.
纽法默说：“仅仅把国家垄断变成私营垄断是对私有化潜力的浪费。”
So a family of four that spends $175 a week on groceries squanders more than $40 worth of food each week and $2, 275 a year.
所以，一个四口之家，如果每周在食物上花费175美元，那么他们每周将浪费40美元，一年中浪费的钱高达2275美元。
It squanders a golden opportunity to shift away from a payment model that encourages doctors to prescribe too many overpriced tests.
它浪费了转变支付方式的良机，这种支付方式促使医生开出大量高价的检查单。
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