fritter

fritter

英 ['frɪtə]
　　美 ['frɪtɚ]

vt. 浪費；細切；剁碎
　　n. 細片；屑；帶餡油炸面團
　　vi. 浪費；減少；消散

中文詞源：

fritter 揮霍，油炸餡餅

揮霍義詞源同fraction, 碎片，引申詞義揮霍，浪費，扔棄。餡餅義來自fry, 煎，油炸。

例句：

1. I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
我似乎把時間全都浪費在咖啡早茶會上瞭。

2. Don't fritter away your precious time.
大好時光,不可等閑度過.

3. It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
如果你不小心,要揮霍掉一大筆錢是很容易的.

4. Don't fritter away your money on things you do not really need.
不要把錢浪費在你並不真正需要的東西上.

5. Why do you fritter your time and thought away on trivial things?
你為何將時間和心思都耗費在瑣碎的小事上.