美国之音VOA官网|学个词-squander

今天我们要学的词是 squander. Squander 是白白浪费的意思。Our local high school basketball team squandered its early lead in a loss to our arch-rival. 我们本地高中篮球队没有把握好领先局面，最后反而输给了老对手。This opportunity is once in a lifetime. Don't squander it. 这是千载难逢的好机会，千万别浪费了。美国医药协会在一份最新报告中指出，The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year, roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar. 美国医保系统每年都会白白浪费掉7500亿美元，大约相当于用在医保的一个美元里，就有30美分被浪费了。好的，今天我们学习的词是 squander, squander, squander...