浪费

I can't abide that, people being well off and throwing their money about.

我无法容日子一好过就铺张浪费。

I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.

看来争论这件事纯粹是浪费时间。

The company has made considerable savings through good housekeeping, such as avoiding wastage.

该公司通过诸如避免浪费等有效的内部管理方法节约数量可观的资金。

The discussion method is time-consuming and tangental.

那种讨论方法既浪费时间又与正题脱节。

The back-bencher's speech hit at government spending.

后座议员席的讲话批评政府的浪费。

What a fearful waste of time and money!

这样浪费时间和金钱真是不得!

She fritters away all her money on clothes and trips to the cinema.

把所有的金钱都浪费在穿衣服和看电影上。

It's frivol misuse of time, I confess .

我承认，这有点无谓浪费时间。

Don't waste the flour; there isn't much.

不要浪费面粉，没有多少。

Except for what he spent on haircuts,books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.

除理发、买书和必要的日用品之外,他从不浪费一分钱。

Papa would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.

爸爸不允许浪费一滴水。

You mustn't waste a grain of rice.

你不能浪费一粒米。

Taxpayers are grumbling about the waste of government money,as usual.

纳税者一如既往,埋怨政府的钱浪费掉。

She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers’ money.

陈词猛烈抨击对纳税金钱的浪费。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常在无关紧要的小事上浪费精力。

Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.

为避免重复劳动浪费资源，任务已经重新分派。

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

我不能再在咖啡上浪费时间。

Feminism wasted time trying to persuade us that men are tameable, she proclaimed.

宣称，女权运动把时间都浪费 在让大家相信男是可驯服的劝服上面。

Look, you whiney crybaby, we're not wasting the element of surprise to mollify your nyctophobia.

听着，你这个瞎抱怨的爱哭鬼，我可不会为迁就你的黑夜恐惧症而浪费出其不意这一要素。

I wondered darkly if I was wasting my time.

我忧郁地想我是不是在浪费时间。