浪费

His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.

他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。

Today was really a bit of a write-off for me.

今天对我来说真的有点儿白白浪费了。

The packets are measured to reduce waste.

包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。

Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs.

自来水公司应该集中精力减少水浪费，而不是修建新水库。

I think that is a total waste of money.

我认为那完全是浪费金钱。

He had squandered his chances to win.

他白白浪费了获胜的机会。

Your life is too valuable to throw away.

你的生命非常宝贵，不要随便浪费。

The law should impose penalties on companies that use energy wastefully.

法律应当严惩浪费能源的公司。

You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.

你不该把钱浪费在那种小奢侈品上。

Some grumbled that Johnson was more trouble than he was worth.

有人抱怨说根本不值得为约翰逊浪费精力。

Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?

能够免费得到为什么还要浪费50英镑呢？

Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.

“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”

They are looking at ways of reducing the waste of natural resources.

他们正在寻找减少自然资源浪费的方法。

It seemed a pity to let it all go to waste.

让这一切白白浪费掉，真是可惜了。

This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.

这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。