To be frank, PCs make fine clients but rather inferior servers.

To be frank with you, I think the price is working against us.

说实在话, 我认为这个价格对我们是行不通的.

To be frank with you, your English is really poor!

不瞒你说, 你的英语真的很差!

A: Thank you, Jack. To be frank, I'd rather forget my birthday.

谢谢, 杰克. 坦白地说我倒宁愿忘记自己的生日.

To be frank, I don't like him.

老实说, 我不喜欢他.

To be frank, this mission is beyond my might.

说实话, 这一使命非我能力所及.

To be frank, Lanzhou made a better impression on me than Xi'an .

如果不客气地说, 我们在兰州的印象比在 西安 好.

Maybe are some reasons, but I like to be frank.

也许有一些原因, 但我要坦率地.

A letter from Nadyezhda von Meck written in a tone she had never before used.

娜蒂契达·冯·梅克用她从未用过的语气给他写了一封信.

I'm sorry you've had a wasted trip. Mr Newton isn't here.

对不起,让你白跑了一趟,牛顿先生不在这里。

her thin, wasted body

她瘦弱的身体

The long illness had wasted the old man's strength.

长期生病消耗了这老人的体力.

The soldiers wasted the fields.

那些士兵糟蹋了田地.

We had a wasted trip─they weren't in.

我们白跑了一趟，他们不在。

Such opportunities should not be missed [ lost , wasted ] .

这种机会不应 错过.

The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.

那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。

All his efforts were wasted.

他的努力全都白费了.

I've wasted an entire day on this.

在这上面我已经浪费了一整天的时间.

He has wasted all the money.

他把钱都抖搂光了.

He was wasted by disease.

他因患病而虚弱.

If my plan isn't approved of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.

如果我的计划得不到委员会的批准, 我的功夫就白费了.