查询词典 a waste of

You are worried because there are two wicks in the lamp -- that's a waste of oil.

——你是为那灯盏里点的是两茎灯草，不放心，恐费了油。

Unfortunately, I think it's a waste of pixels.

不幸的是，我觉的这实在是浪费电脑显示器的象素。

Because the valve seal is poor, the boiler will leak during operation, resulting in pot Twin spring type safety valve water temperature is warming up slowly, and thus a waste of energy.

因为安全阀密封性差，锅炉在运行过程中会漏气，造成锅内水温升温慢，从而浪费能源。

Industrial parvenus condemn the protection as a waste of resource.

工业暴发户们谴责自然保护是浪费资源。

It was a waste of time reading that book.

看那本书是浪费时间。

The moneymoon is over, I realize now that buying that book was a waste of money.

Moneymoon结束了，我现在意识到，我买的那本书纯粹是浪费钱！

Its a waste of time reading that book.

看那本书真是浪费时间。

It was a waste of time reading that book.

&there is +no&后可以用动名词作主语，表示&没法…&

My sister is very stubbon, it's a waste of your strength to change her mind.

我妹妹很固执，你要她改变心意根本就是白费力气。

You're just not cut out for it, and for you to remain in high school would, in my opinion, be a waste of time.

你天生不是这块料，如果你继续上中学，依我看，也只是浪费时间。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。