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 .
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 " .
