| 1. | A wrong approach means a waste of effort .
路子不对等于白费劲儿。 |
| 2. | An enquiry she thought was a waste of resources .
她认为调查是浪费财力。 |
| 3. | I do not want to argue with you . it is a waste of time .
我不想和你争辩，那太浪费时间了。 |
| 4. | I have finished with gambling -- it is a waste of money .
我已经戒赌了赌博完全是浪费钱财。 |
| 5. | What a waste of time !
太浪费时间了。 |
| 6. | They were utterly enjoyable playmates, and to think of them otherwise was a waste of energy .
她们是令他十分欢畅的游戏伴侣，倘若另有想法，那是浪费精力。 |
| 7. | He regarded meals as a waste of time and ate because his body required it; that was all .
在他看来，一日三餐是浪费时间，吃饭只是因为身体有这个需要，仅此而已。 |
| 8. | Everyone that jurgis spoke to assured him that it was a waste of time to seek employment for the old man in packing town .
他不管跟谁谈起这件事，对方总是斩钉截铁地说，象他这样的老人要在罐头镇寻找工作简直是白费时间。 |
| 9. | Especially in labor-abundant countries, it may be a waste of resources to encourage the substitution of chemical pesticides for human labor .
尤其是在哪些劳力充裕的国家，鼓励以化学药物取代人力可能是一种浪费资源的作法。 |
| 10. | Nothing is a waste of time if you invest wisely
若能投资有道，时间是不会浪费！ |
