wasteful

英 [ˈweɪstfl] 美 [ˈweɪstfl]

adj.  浪费的; 挥霍的

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.11174 / COCA.12903



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 浪费的;挥霍的
    using more of sth than is necessary; not saving or keeping sth that could be used
    1. The whole process is wasteful and inefficient.
      整个程序既浪费又效率低。
    2. an engine that is wasteful of fuel
      费燃料的发动机

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 浪费的;耗费的;挥霍的
    Action that is wasteful uses too much of something valuable such as time, money, or energy.
    1. This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources...
      这种训练没有效率,而且是对稀缺资源的浪费。
    2. Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
      尽量避免无用的重复劳动。

双语例句

  1. By investing in efficient plant it could generate lots of valuable carbon credits to sell to wealthier, more wasteful nations.
    通过投资高效能的工厂,它可以节余很多宝贵的碳信用额来出售给更富有、更浪费的国家。
  2. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful
    这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
  3. This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources
    这种训练没有效率,而且是对稀缺资源的浪费。
  4. Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
    尽量避免无用的重复劳动。
  5. It is wasteful to leave water running from a pipe.
    让水管里的水白白流掉,太浪费了。
  6. The president says all the programs being eliminated or reduced are wasteful or unnecessary.
    总统说,所有被取消或是削减的项目都是浪费和不必要的开支。
  7. Your business requirements may determine that some green policies are impractical or even more wasteful.
    您的业务要求可能决定了某些环保策略是不切实际、甚至是更加浪费的。
  8. Throwing it all in the garbage can make you feel guilty or wasteful, Frank said.
    弗兰克说:把物品全部丢进垃圾箱会让你有负罪感或是觉得太浪费了。
  9. This is wasteful because it deprives the soil of valuable nutrients.
    这是一种浪费,因为它夺走了土壤的有价值的养料。
  10. All this excessive packaging& it's so wasteful.
    这些过多的包装&太浪费了!
  11. It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. He is a wasteful man.
    这样浪费粮食令人痛心。他是个爱挥霍浪费的人。
  12. But wasteful use of public money and dishonesty in government have weakened the economy in recent years.
    但近几年来,公款的滥用和政府的欺骗行为削弱了经济。
  13. It's very wasteful of electricity to have so many lights on at once.
    同时开这么多的灯,太浪费电了。
  14. The whole project was a wasteful expenditure of time and effort.
    整项工程都是对时间和精力的浪费。
  15. More careful purchasing and design, including the use of more advanced and less wasteful technologies.
    改善采购程序和建筑设计,包括运用更先进及造成较少浪费的建筑技术。
  16. For years, poor Chinese have been financing the excessive consumption and wasteful housebuilding of Western consumers.
    多年来,可怜的中国人一直在为西方消费者的过度消费和大手大脚的住房建设提供融资。
  17. After all, the expenditures can often seem wasteful and ineffective.
    毕竟,各项花费常常看起来是浪费和低效的。
  18. You can both be quite extravagant and wasteful.
    不过你俩都十分奢侈浪费。
  19. And politicians might say there is a lot of pork in a budget proposal, meaning wasteful spending.
    政治家们可能会说,在预算提案中有许多猪肉,意思是指浪费的开销。
  20. Lower tax rates and a simpler consumption tax base would also reduce wasteful tax evasion and tax avoidance behavior.
    较低的税率和更简单的消费税收基数也会减少逃税行为。
  21. The way India divvies up spectrum is unfair and erratic, which deters investment. It is also wasteful.
    印度的频谱分配方式既不公平也反复多变,抑制了投资,也造成了浪费。
  22. You will it's wasteful for your memory if nobody ask you to remember her birthday.
    再没有人要你记着她的生日,你会觉得浪费了你良好的记忆力。
  23. All those beautiful moon cake boxes are really wasteful and harmful to the environment.
    那些包装精美的月饼礼盒其实是对环境造成了浪费和伤害。
  24. Suffer visit employee to think, wasteful man-hour is main with boss communicate and manage skill to concern.
    受访员工认为,浪费工时主要与上司的沟通和治理技巧有关。
  25. Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
    做没用的、浪费性的、琐碎的工作。
  26. I think it a shame to be so wasteful.
    我觉得那样华侈太羞耻了。
  27. You can cease to be so wasteful and conserve and recycle more.
    你们可以停止再如此浪费而保护资源并再生利用。
  28. It's wasteful to throw away glass, paper and metal.
    扔掉玻璃、纸片和金属是很浪费的行为。
  29. In addition, planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.
    另外,计划可以减少活动的重叠和浪费。
  30. Wasteful consumption of fossil fuels creates political liabilities overseas, air pollution at home and global warming.
    矿物燃料的浪费性消费带来了海外的政治债务、国内的空气污染和全球性气候变暖。