wasteful 详细解释

wasteful

['weistfəl]

adj.浪费的, 挥霍的

a.

1. 浪费的; 挥霍的; 耗费的[(+of/with)]

You should break up your wasteful habits.

你应该改掉挥霍的习惯。

He and his wife will not be wasteful of what is given them.

他和他太太不会浪费别人给他们的东西。

2. 造成破坏的

Let's end the wasteful competition.

让我们停止这种有损无益的竞争吧。

wasteful war

破坏性战争

词形变化

副词: wastefully | 名词: wastefulness |

词义辨析

同义参见:

prodigal  

反义参见:

thrifty  frugal  

英英释义

形容词 wasteful:

inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

同义词：uneconomical

tending to squander and waste

laying waste- Shakespeare

补充

wastefulwasteful英:[ˈweistful] 美:[ˈwestfəl]adj.1.浪费的; 挥霍的; 耗费的

例句

1. Don't be wasteful.不要铺张浪费。 2. Try to avoid wasteful duplication of effort.重复劳动是种浪费, 要避免。 3. British houses are notoriously wasteful of energy.英国房屋浪费能源, 是出了名的。 4. wasteful energy consumption.能源浪费。 5. a wasteful use of natural resources对自然资源的肆意挥霍 6. a careless and wasteful person大大咧咧且大手大脚的人 7. It was a wasteful [=unnecessary] duplication of effort.这样是重复劳动，没有必要。 8. We must eliminate wasteful expenditures.我们必须杜绝不必要的开支。

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