It is a shame to be so wasteful.

费可耻了。

You mustn't waste a grain of rice.

你不能费一粒米。

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

不要费面粉，没有多少了。

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

整天开着费钱了。

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

他总是责怪妻子奢侈费。

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

爸爸不允许费一滴水。

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

我认为是毫无正当理由地费公款。

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

后座议席的讲话批评了政府的费。

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

我无法容忍人们日子一好过就铺张费。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常在无关紧要的小事上费精力。

What a fearful waste of time and money!

费时间和金钱真是不得了!

It's frivol misuse of time, I confess .

我承认，有点无谓费时间。

Wasting food when people are starving is a grievous wrong.

在别人挨饿时费食物是一种严重的罪恶。

I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.

看来争论件事纯粹是费时间。

I've wasted almost a year on an abort.

我在个夭折的计划上费了几乎一年时间。

I wondered darkly if I was wasting my time.

我忧郁地想我是不是在费时间。

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

我不能再在咖啡上费时间了。

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

她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的费。

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

一个负责任的政府不应该费纳税人的金钱。

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

逐步减少自然能源的费正在个国家顺利进行。