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

• It is wasteful to leave water running from a pipe.
  让水管里的水白白流掉，太浪费了。
• 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。
• All those beautiful moon cake boxes are really wasteful and harmful to the environment.
  那些包装精美的月饼礼盒其实是对环境造成了浪费和伤害。
• After all, the expenditures can often seem wasteful and ineffective.
  毕竟，各项花费常常看起来是浪费和低效的。
• I think it a shame to be so wasteful.
  我觉得那样华侈太羞耻了。
• This is wasteful because it deprives the soil of valuable nutrients.
  这是一种浪费，因为它夺走了土壤的有价值的养料。
• This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful
  这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
• You will it's wasteful for your memory if nobody ask you to remember her birthday.
  再没有人要你记着她的生日，你会觉得浪费了你良好的记忆力。
• 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。
• Lower tax rates and a simpler consumption tax base would also reduce wasteful tax evasion and tax avoidance behavior.
  较低的税率和更简单的消费税收基数也会减少逃税行为。