frittering

frittering

美 [ˈfrɪtər] 　英 [ˈfrɪtə(r)]

• n.油炸馅饼；鲸油渣；碎片
• v.剁碎；(一点一点地)浪费掉
• 网络挥霍；消耗；愚蠢地浪费

词形变化

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

英汉解释

n.	1. 油炸馅饼 2. 鲸油渣 3. 碎片
v.	1. 剁碎,弄碎 2. (一点一点地)浪费掉 (away)

英英解释

n.	1. a food made by covering a piece of food in batter and cooking it in hot fat

例句

If Mandela is frittering away the goodwill he earned leading the struggle against apartheid, so be it, says Spicer.

如果曼德拉因此逐渐丧失他在领导反种族隔离斗争时所赢得的信任，那也只好如此了——这是斯派塞的看法。

You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.

你不得不培养你思考的能力，因为你没有必要把生命消耗在愚蠢的琐事中。

Mr Abbas, they say, knows he will not find a more sympathetic American president than Mr Obama, so fears frittering his time away.

他们称，阿巴斯知道他将在也找不到一位比奥巴马更具同情心的美国总统了，因此担心时间被白白的浪费。