Much of the money was grossly misspent.

很多钱都被挥霍了。

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A clean house is a sign of a misspent life.

一间干净的房子是一个浪费的人生的标志。

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Money misspent one year is clawed back the next.

今年浪费的钱财要在下一年设法加以弥补。

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My own chronic injury owes to a misspent youth trying to be the next Steve Prefontaine.

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But many of the mechanisms for recovering misspent funds are inadequate, the auditors say.

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By one estimate, a fifth of government revenue is pinched, and much of the rest misspent.

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