Without it, I could have neglected an important battle or misspent my energy.

如果没有它，我可能会忽视一场重要的战斗，或者浪费我的精力。

" Generally, I think the govt has misspent our money." " Misspent" means spent it in the wrong way or in a bad way.

“总的来说，我认为政府浪费我们的钱。” “乱花”是指以错误的方式或以错误的方式花费它。

Opponents of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have accused his government of not enforcing building regulations and of misspending taxes levied after the last major earthquake to make buildings more quake resistant.

土耳其总统塔伊普·埃尔多安的反对者指责埃尔多安政府没有严格执行建筑法规，并上一次大地震后征收的税款，这些税款本应于提高建筑物的抗震能力。

The group was intended as a one-shot deal—we would play two shows at the American Booksellers Convention, get a few laughs, recapture our misspent youth for three or four hours, then go our separate ways.

当时乐队只打算做个一锤子买卖——我们想在全美书商大会上演出两场，逗大伙乐乐，那三四个钟头的时间重温一番我们虚度的青春岁月，然后就各走各路。