Each of us have a lot more time in the day than we realize, but that time can often get frittered away if used without intention.

我们每个人一天中的时间比我们意识到的要多得多，但如果没有目的地使用这些时间，这些时间往往会被掉。

How many minutes can one organisation fritter away on this nonsense?

一个组织可以这些废话上多分钟？

After frittering away their fortunes on drink and dice, he would move on, leaving his victims with nothing but a single red rose and syphilis.

把她们的所有钱财都喝酒赌博上，然后换下一目标，只给他的受害人留下一枝红玫瑰和梅。

While others fritter away hours on busywork, they concentrate their efforts on a few crucial moves that unlock massive gains.

当其他人把时间琐事上时，他们却把精力集中几个关键步骤上，从而获得巨大的收获。

Stand up to the team or they'll fritter your time away with pointless work.

对团队坚持己见，否则他们会用毫无意义的工作你的时间。

And here I am frittering it away on this or that.

而我却这里把它一些无关紧要的事情上。

If you frittered away all of your leisure in relaxation, that seems like wasting it.

如果你把所有的闲暇时间都放松上，那似乎就是时间。

Poor Eleseus, all set on end and frittered away. Better, maybe, if he'd worked on the land all the time, but now he's a man that has learned to write and use letters; no grip in him, no depth.

可怜的 Eleseus 焦头烂额，挥霍无度。如果他一直这片土地上工作，也许会更好，但现他已经学会了书写和使用字母；他没有把握，没有深度。

Women have seldom sufficient serious employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits, frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.

妇女很有足够严肃的工作来平息她们的感情；一轮小事，或无谓的追求，耗尽了心力和器官，自然成为感官的对象。

Okay, should we count out how much we have to fritter away on this new experiment we're doing?

好的，我们应该算一下我们有多资金可以我们正进行的新实验上？

But this is how patriarchy keeps women sort of frittering away their mental and emotional energy.

但这就是父权制如何让女性白白掉自己的精神和情感能量的方式。

We spent them and traded them and frittered them away on drink and food and pleasurable company.

用来买东西，兑换，我们将那些金子挥霍酒食品还有寻欢作乐上。

If we do not, we run the risk of frittering away our energies on contradictory, meaningless goals.

如果我们不这样做，我们就有可能将精力自相矛盾且毫无意义的目标上。