wasteful

英['weɪstfl] 美['weɪstfl]
  • adj. 浪费的；挥霍的
wastefully wastefulness
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详细释义

Adjective:
  1. inefficient in use of time and effort and materials;

    "a clumsy and wasteful process"
    "wasteful duplication of effort"
    "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"

  2. tending to squander and waste

  3. laying waste;

    "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"

双语例句

1. Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
尽量避免无用的重复劳动。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The whole process is wasteful and inefficient.
整个程序既浪费又效率低。

来自《权威词典》

4. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He became apoplectic about wasteful government spending.
他对于政府的浪费开销变得怒不可遏.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. His weakness is that he is very wasteful.
      他的弱点是爱浪费。
    2. We must avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
      我们必须避免无谓的重复劳动。
    3. It is wasteful to throw way glass, paper and metal.
      把玻璃，纸张以及金属扔掉是很浪费的。
    4. The energy shortage of the world results partly from wasteful use by the industrialized countries.
      世界能源的短缺，部分是由于工业化国家挥霍能源而引起的。

用法讲解

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【邻近词汇】

wasteland waste wastefully wasteful war wasteful habits wasteful capture wasteful production wasteful consumption wasteful or improper expenditure Wasteful expenditure or consumption.
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