浪费，挥霍：指以缓慢而愚蠢的方式花费或耗尽（某物）。
挥霍掉：指以缓慢而愚蠢的方式花光（财富）。
fritter away // [ frittering frittered fritters ]
动词词组 If someone fritters away time or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things. 浪费(时间或钱)
The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating.
这家公司马上开始挥霍刚赚来的钱。
I seem to fritter my time away.
我仿佛在虚度光阴。
... dilly-dally 磨蹭 fritter away 浪费(时间等）... flirt 调情的人 ...
... squander ['skw?nd?] v. 浪费 fritter away 一点点地浪费 get down on 开始不喜欢 ...
... [hide] 隐退不露面 [wear down;fritter away] 逐渐消耗;磨灭 [idle away;while away] 消遣,打发时光 ...
It's easy to fritter away a fortune if you're not careful.
如果你不小心，要挥霍掉一大笔钱是很容易的。
The faster you trade, the more you fritter away that advantage.
因此，交易越频繁， 就越浪费这一优势。
Don't fritter away your money on things you do not really need.
不要把钱浪费在你并不真正需要的东西上。
If you are sloppy with selection or execution you will fritter away the ETF cost advantage.
Management efforts to defend the old success formula with investments in extensions simply fritter away investor money.
They had nothing to do and did not want to fritter away their strength with empty living.