1. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
    如果我们浪费矿物燃料，我们就威胁文明。

1. 浪费：刚开始的时候,科学家们发现松鼠总是吃掉1/3的松塔(pine cone)而扔掉另外的2/3,很疑惑为什么这些松鼠一方面不停地收集并隐藏那些松塔的同时有如此浪费(squander)?

2. danci.edu.pub

2. (口袋)是光的--浪费、挥霍：5) Obtuse:我不会吐丝,而别的蚕都吐--笨的、钝角的 | 6) Squander:(口袋)是光的--浪费、挥霍 | 8) Lout:老土--笨人

3. squander的意思

3. 驱散,漂荡,滥用：strap 捆扎 | squander 驱散,漂荡,滥用 | wander 流荡

1. 浪费，挥霍(金钱、资源、机遇等)
    If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.

    e.g. Hooker didn''t squander his money on flashy cars or other vices...
           胡克没有将自己的钱浪费在豪华轿车或其他恶习上。
    e.g. He had squandered his chances to win.
           他白白浪费了获胜的机会。

1. spend extravagantly

    e.g. waste not, want not

    Synonym: consumewasteware

2. spend thoughtlessly
    throw away

    e.g. He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
           You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree

    Synonym: wasteblow