英语词源
- wasteful (adj.)
- early 14c., "destructive," from waste (n.) + -ful. Meaning "lavish" is from mid-15c. Related: Wastefully; wastefulness.
权威例句
- 1. Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.
- 尽量避免无用的重复劳动。
- 2. This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
- 这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
- 3. The whole process is wasteful and inefficient.
- 整个程序既浪费又效率低。
- 4. Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.
- 为避免重复劳动浪费资源,任务已经重新分派.
- 5. He became apoplectic about wasteful government spending.
- 他对于政府的浪费开销变得怒不可遏.