She frittered away her time in going to the cinema instead of studying .

她不把时间花在学习上，而是浪费在看电影上了。

Paul failed me failed history because he frittered away his time instead of studying .

保罗历史不及格，因为他总是浪费时间不好好学习。

The trouble is that much of the money has been frittered away on trophy infrastructure projects , such as the country 's expensive high-speed rail network , with low prospective returns .

可问题在于，这笔投资中有很大一部分都被浪费在用于彰显形象的基础设施项目上（例如造价昂贵的中国高铁网络），而未来的预期回报率却较低。

She also argues that much money is frittered on conferences , pointless interventions ( for example to encourage abstinence ) , paying ngos to repeat the same studies and hangers-on in the aids " mafia " .

她还坚持认为，很多钱都浪费在了开会、毫无意义的干预（比如鼓励节欲）、资助非政府组织进行重复的科学研究以及利用治疗艾滋大发横财的人身上。

It is refusing to let our lives be frittered away by detail .

它只不过是不让我们的生命一点一滴地浪费掉。