英 [ˈweɪstfl] 美 [ˈweɪstfl]
adj. 浪费的，挥霍的
wasteful /ˈweɪstfʊl/ CET6
形容词 Action that is wasteful uses too much of something valuable such as time, money, or energy. 浪费的
This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources.
这种训练没有效果，浪费了稀有资源。
inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
a clumsy and wasteful process ; wasteful duplication of effort
同义词： uneconomical
tending to squander and waste
laying waste
when wasteful war shall statues overturn
浪费的
美国Omni公司全球市场经理Trevor Poapst认为，“双核CPU，甚至4核CPU，对于个人用户而言是很浪费的（wasteful），这些用户往往只用到其中的处理能力不足10％。”Poapst还认为，尤其是在现今经济不景气的时期，学校应该避免这种“数字浪费”。
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浪费的，不经济的；奢侈的
This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
这种做法被认为是浪费而不被赞成。
By investing in efficient plant it could generate lots of valuable carbon credits to sell to wealthier, more wasteful nations.
投资高效工厂能节余很多宝贵的碳信用额度，可以用来卖给那些更富有、更浪费的国家。
As consumers, we are very wasteful.
作为消费者，我们非常浪费。
House Republican leader John Boehner dismissed the emergency jobs measure as more wasteful spending aimed at pleasing the Democrats' traditional union allies.
VOA : special.2010.08.12
But I do not recognize the right to waste them, nor to rob -- by wasteful use -- the generations that come after us."
VOA : special.2010.08.12
Republicans said the plan contained too much wasteful spending and too few tax cuts.
VOA : special.2009.01.31
As Americans, have been told how wasteful we have been for at least the last thirty years.
Wasteful discards are reckoned to account for a quarter of total catches under the current quota system.
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Another disadvantage of organic farming is that the diminished yields are wasteful of water and farmland.
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