| 词汇 | misspend |
| 释义 | misspend verb[ T ] uk /ˌmɪsˈspend/ us /ˌmɪsˈspend/misspent to use time or money in a way that wastes it or is not wise: 滥用;乱花;浪费 We must stop public money being misspent in this way.我们必须制止公款被这样滥用。 Being a good pool player is usually a sign of a misspent youth.台球打得好通常也是虚度青春的标志。 Paying money 2FA 2SV ante up (something) burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom buying power cost-cutting fund non-contributory overpaid put someone through something put something on your/someone's card put something towards something reimburse run to something self-finance spend spent splurge sponsor tipper You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Spending time & time passing Using and misusing Wasting Examples of misspendmisspend The problem is that of a minority of local authorities misspending public moneys for overtly or directly political purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those frauds cost some billions of pounds in terms of the money that is taken from people or misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps even more worryingly, retrospective legislation may replace money that has been misappropriated, misspent or otherwise wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not always the case, however, that administrative expenditure is misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is all money which is misspent annually. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will consult as to what those circumstances should be, but the power is designed to recover money which has been misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These jaundiced reflections of a misspent youth have no historical justification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we misspend it, it is not the private companies which are responsible but ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Finally, we have to say to ourselves that we are elected to represent ordinary people and it is their money that is being misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard about misspent resources, lack of investment, low rate of return on capital, defective legal mechanisms, inflation and other blinding statistics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that any money spent on propaganda is misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because we have dealt with them so slowly—as set out in the misspent youth report—the whole system has fallen into disrepute with such people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would only be in order to retrieve what had been misspent that the money would be demanded back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole point is to try to get back the money that was misspent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the product of a misspent youth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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