misspend

• vt. 浪费；滥用（时间、金钱等）

1. spend time badly or unwisely;

"He misspent his youth"

2. spend (money or other resources) unwisely

He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young) .

他开玩笑地说擅长打牌表明虚度了青春年华。

牛津词典

Much of the money was grossly misspent...

大部分的钱都被大笔挥霍掉了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

一间干净的房子是一个浪费的人生的标志.

期刊摘选

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.

辞典例句

Money misspent one year is clawed back the next.

今年浪费的钱财要在下一年设法加以弥补.

期刊摘选

mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，spend,花费。引申词义挥霍，浪费。

misspend (v.)

also mis-spend, "to spend amiss or wastefully," late 14c.; see mis- (1) + spend. Related: Misspent, frequently coupled with youth; misspending.