wasteful meaning in English
adj.
浪费的；糟蹋的，不经济的；破坏性的；〔诗〕荒芜的。 be wasteful of resources 浪费资源。 a wasteful man 挥霍无度的人。
adv.
-ly
Examples
- It is a wasteful business .
这是一次暴殄天物的活动。 - To his own people, solomon was a wasteful and oppressive monarch .
对他本国人民来说，所罗门是个挥霍、残暴的君主。 - 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。 - "let's get out," whispered jordan, after a somehow wasteful and inappropriate half-hour .
莫名其妙地浪费了半个钟头后，乔丹低声地说：“咱们走开吧。” - At first glance one would assume that such a technique would be extraordinary wasteful of computing time .
初看起来或许会觉得这种技术大概极其耗费计算时间。