He joked that being good at cards was the sign of a misspent youth (= having wasted his time when he was young) .

他开玩笑地说擅长打牌表明虚度了青春年华。

牛津词典

Much of the money was grossly misspent...

大部分的钱都被大笔挥霍掉了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Ruby recalled getting stoned during her misspent youth.

鲁比还记得，在虚度光阴的少女时代她曾经因为吸食毒品而飘飘欲仙。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

一间干净的房子是一个浪费的人生的标志.

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It is misspent time to calculate and report hemagglutinating titers for cell hybrid studies.

在细胞杂交过程中计算和报道血球凝集的滴定度是浪费时间.

辞典例句

Money misspent one year is clawed back the next.

今年浪费的钱财要在下一年设法加以弥补.

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