1. Similarly, a plant or animal cannot squander all its energy on growing a big body if none would be left over for reproduction, for this is the surest way to extinction. 同样，如果一种植物或动物没有留下任何可以繁殖的后代，它就不能把所有的能量浪费在使自己变得更强壮上，因为这是最可能走向灭绝的方式。
2. We intend to campaign against specific projects which damage the environment or squander our resources, and fight for their correction with every legal means at our disposal. 我们打算反对破坏环境或浪费我们资源的具体项目，并争取利用我们所掌握的一切法律手段加以纠正。
3. Hobbs didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices. 霍布斯没有把钱挥霍在奢华汽车或其他恶习上。
4. The typical working man would collect his wages on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her "housekeeping”, would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting. 一般的工人会在周五晚上领工资，然后，人们普遍认为，在给了他的妻子“家用”之后，就会出去把剩下的钱花在啤酒和赌博上。
5. You just had to squander me away. 你要的只不过是把我挥霍掉！
