fritter away
US /ˈfrɪtɚ əˈweɪ/
・UK /ˈfrɪtə əˈweɪ/
B2 中高級
phr.v.慢慢浪費（金錢或時間）
She frittered away her inheritance on unnecessary luxuries.
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血液，第一部 - 真愛急診室：人體解剖學速成班 #29 (Blood, Part 1 - True Blood: Crash Course A&P #29)
- Because for the very reason that I mentioned at the beginning, that we can't replace your blood with some synthetic wonder fluid, the last thing that your circulatory system wants is for you to fritter away your blood in some sidewalk scrape or kitchen accident.
這些離子聚集起來調節你血液的化學平衡，維持其酸鹼值和適當的滲透壓
- wants is for you to fritter away your blood, in some sidewalk scrape or kitchen accident.
最不希望的是浪費你寶貴的血液，像是在街頭搏鬥或廚房的意外中受傷
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- So what leads you to unconsciously fritter away time on sand?
那麼，是什麼讓你不知不覺地把時間浪費在沙子上呢？
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- And this example might help you to think, because you can't even start assembling the mobile with the small decorations and no arms, so the ability to fritter away one's time on sand is gone in this analogy.
這個例子或許能幫助你思考，因為你連沒有手臂和裝飾品就無法開始組裝吊飾，所以在這種比喻中，浪費時間在沙子上的能力就消失了。