浪费

It is a shame to be so wasteful.

这样浪费可耻了。

You mustn't waste a grain of rice.

你不能浪费一粒米。

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

不要浪费面粉，没有多少了。

It's expensive to leave the electric stove on all day.

整天开着浪费钱了。

He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.

他总是责怪妻子奢侈浪费。

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

爸爸不允许浪费一滴水。

I think it is a totally unwarranted waste of public money.

认为这是毫无正当理由地浪费公款。

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

后座议员席的讲话批评了政府的浪费。

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

无法容忍们日子一好过就铺张浪费。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常无关紧要的小事上浪费精力。

What a fearful waste of time and money!

这样浪费时间和金钱真是不得了!

It's frivol misuse of time, I confess .

承认，这有点无谓浪费时间。

Wasting food when people are starving is a grievous wrong.

挨饿时浪费食物是一种严重的罪恶。

I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.

看来争论这件事纯粹是浪费时间。

I've wasted almost a year on an abort.

这个夭折的计划上浪费了几乎一年时间。

I wondered darkly if I was wasting my time.

忧郁地想是不是浪费时间。

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

不能再咖啡上浪费时间了。

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

她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税金钱的浪费。

A responsible government shouldn’t waste the taxpayers’ money.

一个负责任的政府不应该浪费纳税的金钱。

The program to phase down waste in natural sources is progressing successfully in the country.

逐步减少自然能源的浪费正这个国家顺利进行。