frittered
v.
消耗( fritter的过去式和过去分词 );
浪费;
（在…上）浪费金钱;
浪费时间;
例句:
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He's frittered away the money his father left him.
他挥霍掉了父亲留给他的钱财.
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Our life is frittered away by detail.
我们的生活在琐碎之中消耗掉了.
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Our life is frittered away by detail, simplify it, simplify it.
我们的生活都被琐事浪费掉了, 简单点, 简单点.
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But precious little of this windfall is being frittered away.
来自WSJ
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Gina saw her inheritance being frittered away.
来自NEWYORKER
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She had watched her mother's intelligence being frittered away on calculations about the price of tinned food.
来自J. Barnes