waste: usually implies careless or prodigal expenditure: ~d her money on frivolous items; but it may also imply fruitless or useless expenditure: why ~ time trying to help people who want no help?  （prodigal两个意思: 1花钱大手大脚,是贬义但不算重 2回头浪子 prodigy甚至表示神童天才，如a Russian tennis prodigy俄罗斯网球奇才）


squander: stresses reckless and lavish expenditure that tends to exhaust resources: ~ed all their time and energy playing tennis. (lavish慷慨或过分慷慨铺张奢侈,如a lavish state dinner丰盛的国宴)


dissipate: implies loss by extravagance and commonly stresses exhaustion of the store or stock: eventually realized they had ~d all their resources.   (store储藏为以后用，stock存货为现在用，有轻微差别）          

fritter: usually used with away, implies expenditure on trifles, bit by bit, or without commensurate return: ~ed away the entire afternoon on aimless pursuits.       (commensurate据此的相应的: salary will be commensurate with experience薪水根据经验)


consume: can imply a wasting or squandering as entirely as if by devouring: built a fire that ~d the entire stock of wood.


waste浪费: 花钱大手大脚不仔细，或无用地花费(fruitless,useless)，squander挥霍: 不计后果大量花费直至消耗殆尽，dissipate也是挥霍: 由于奢侈(extravagance豪华奢侈)导致耗尽储藏储存，fritter一点点浪费: 在琐屑事情上一点一点地花费，无回报，consume消费: 形容象吞食一样,一点不剩(消费和浪费waste挥霍squander意思一样,较委婉些)


记忆方法: 1）首字母WSDFC无私的付出<==有时是浪费  (农夫和蛇寓意: the greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful再大的善意也感动不了忘恩负义的人)


         2）浪费的意思是无用花销没有回报 mean to spend or expend futilely or without gaining a proper or reasonable or normal return.