Fritter

(noun.) small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables.

(verb.) spend frivolously and unwisely; 'Fritter away one's inheritance'.

博妮塔校对

• Forthwith they began to fritter it away. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It would not let that passion and loyalty be frittered away to drift like scum through the nation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The allies, after the fashion of Peace Congresses, frittered away precious time in more and more rapacious disputes; the Bourbons returned to France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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