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

• The whole project was a wasteful expenditure of time and effort.
  整项工程都是对时间和精力的浪费。
• Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
  做没用的、浪费性的、琐碎的工作。
• In addition, planning reduces overlapping and wasteful activities.
  另外，计划可以减少活动的重叠和浪费。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But wasteful use of public money and dishonesty in government have weakened the economy in recent years.
  但近几年来，公款的滥用和政府的欺骗行为削弱了经济。
• You can both be quite extravagant and wasteful.
  不过你俩都十分奢侈浪费。
• It's very wasteful of electricity to have so many lights on at once.
  同时开这么多的灯，太浪费电了。
• It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. He is a wasteful man.
  这样浪费粮食令人痛心。他是个爱挥霍浪费的人。