misspent

英 [ˌmɪsˈspent] 美 [ˌmɪsˈspent]

v.  挥霍,浪费,滥用(时间或金钱)
misspend的过去分词和过去式

BNC.40396 / COCA.32276



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 浪费,滥用,挥霍(时间或金钱)
    If you say that time or money has been misspent, you disapprove of the way in which it has been spent.
    1. Much of the money was grossly misspent...
      大部分的钱都被大笔挥霍掉了。
    2. Ruby recalled getting stoned during her misspent youth.
      鲁比还记得,在虚度光阴的少女时代她曾经因为吸食毒品而飘飘欲仙。

双语例句

  1. Much of the money was grossly misspent
    大部分的钱都被大笔挥霍掉了。
  2. He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived but lost. She pondered bitterly upon the meaning of life.
    生活长久指活得有意义,虚度年华实际上不是生活,而是白活。她苦苦地思索生活的意义。
  3. A lot of my time at college was misspent in jazz clubs.
    我在大学的许多时间都浪费在爵士乐俱乐部里了。
  4. My troubles began while I was tidying up my CD collection, the decaying fruit of a misspent youth.
    当我收拾自己的cd藏品(它们是荒废的青春正在腐烂的果实)时,我的麻烦来了。
  5. The idea of going to Europe just for scenery is my idea of a misspent journey when there are so many different cultures to explore and historical and artistic experiences to absorb.
    去欧洲旅行若是仅仅只打算去看看风景对于我来说简直是浪费,那里有如此之多的文化差异等着去探寻,也有数不清的艺术体验吸引着我们。
  6. My old lover represents a part of my past, my misspent youth, and many memories that are important to me.
    我以前的情人本就是我过往的一部份,他代表了我逝去的青春,以及很多对我来说重要而美好的回忆。
  7. I'll tell him about my misspent life.
    我要把我虚度一生的情况告诉他。
  8. Adults who choose to go to college in later life are perhaps making up for a misspent youth.
    后来选择上大学的成年人或许是在弥补虚度的青春。
  9. An old man who still moans about his misspent youth.
    一个仍为浪费青春而痛心疾首的老人。
  10. They have misspent their scarce funds on facilities that nobody needs.
    他们把他们极有限的资金胡乱花在无人需要的设备上了。
  11. Chinese debt is already very high and growing much too quickly because ferocious investment growth funded by cheap debt is increasingly misspent.
    中国债务水平已非常高,而且增长过快,因为在廉价债务融资的推动下,投资增长迅猛,造成越来越多的浪费。
  12. It is misspent time to calculate and report hemagglutinating titers for cell hybrid studies.
    在细胞杂交过程中计算和报道血球凝集的滴定度是浪费时间。
  13. Take one more step, and you'll never be able to get off the path you're on, and you'll regret your misspent youth for the rest of your life.
    再走一步您就会陷入泥坑不能自拔,一辈子都会为青年时期的失足而后悔。
  14. In1977 Bola ñ o moved to Europe and misspent an entire decade there as an itinerant laborer, living the life of a po è te maudit and striking up an acquaintance with heroin.
    1977年,波拉诺来到欧洲,在那里以自由旅行者的身份虚度了十年光阴,成为被现代社会摒弃的诗人,并染上了毒瘾。