wasteful

英 [ˈweɪstfl]

美 [ˈweɪstfl]

adj.  浪费的; 挥霍的

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.11174 / COCA.12903

牛津词典

adj.

• 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

• ADJ-GRADED 浪费的;耗费的;挥霍的
  Action that iswastefuluses 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is wasteful to leave water running from a pipe.
  让水管里的水白白流掉，太浪费了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
  尽量避免无用的重复劳动。
• You can both be quite extravagant and wasteful.
  不过你俩都十分奢侈浪费。
• 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。
• 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。