A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people. 有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
You can bust a gut sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, but if your product is lousy, you've wasted your time. 你可以一周7天、一天16小时地拼命劳作,但是如果产品质量低劣,你就白费时间了。
He wasted no time with social niceties. 他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。
He must have thought Jane was worth it or he wouldn't have wasted time on her, I suppose. 我想,他一定认为简值得他这么做,否则他不会在她身上浪费时间。
Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings 时间也可能浪费在毫无意义的会议当中。
His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks. 他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。
Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate. 在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。
Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come. 汤姆马上告诉了我他来的原因。
It was a wasted opportunity. 这是一个错失了的良机。
All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him. 他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。
I'm sorry you had a wasted journey. 非常抱歉让你白跑了一趟。
They look too wasted to care about much. 他们看上去疲惫不堪,以至于顾不上太多。
I wasted a lot of time for him ( and he didn't turn up). 我干等了他半天。
If we don't do a good job now, all the work we've done will be wasted. 弄得不好,就会全功尽弃。
It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. 这样浪费粮食令人痛心。
Such opportunities should not be missed [ lost, wasted]. 这种机会不应错过。
The fields were wasted by a long drought. 那些田地由于久旱而荒芜。
It is time I woke up to myself. I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career. 我该清醒认识自己了。我浪费了太多无所事事的时间,差点毁了我的事业。
Owing to lack of work experience, we wasted much time and energy. 由于缺少经验,我们的工作走了(一段)弯路。
Though he had much to do, he wasted his time in doing nothing. 尽管有许多事等着他去做,但他却浪费时间,什么也不做。
She never wasted time adorning herself. 她从不在装饰打扮上浪费时间。
If we stop there, all our previous efforts will be wasted. 如果就此止步,就会前功尽弃。
The effort spent on careful grading, mixing and compaction of concrete will be largely wasted if the concrete is badly cured. 如果混凝土养护得很差,那么在精心选定混凝土的级配、拌和和密实成型上所耗费的精力将是徒劳无益的。
Gradually he lost his appetite and wasted away till he was nothing but skin and bones. 他渐渐饮食不进,骨瘦如柴。
His efforts were wasted. 他的努力都白费了。
Long dry periods wasted the land. 长期干旱使那片土地荒芜了。
They wasted away for lack of food. 由于吃不饱,他们越来越虚弱了。
We wasted our time and money. 我们浪费了时间和金钱。
That I wasted my life. 我浪费了我的生命。
He wasted money and time on nothing. 他白白地浪费了时间和金钱而一无所获。