| 词汇 | be a waste of time/money/effort etc |
| 释义 | be a waste of time/money/effort etcbe a waste of time/money/effort etc POINTLESSto be not worth the time, money etc that you use because there is little or no result 是浪费时间/金钱/精力等 We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time. 我们真不该去——那纯粹是浪费时间。 Examples from the Corpus be a waste of time/money/effort etc• An unrealistically low offer is a waste of time.• As I said, many of these divisions of investigation will be a waste of time.• But it was a waste of time.• He may protest to the auditor that this is a waste of time.• I feel annoyed, it is a waste of time.• Marx thought that scholarly contemplation was a waste of time.• Which was a waste of time really, because all I wanted to do was join Granpa on the barrow.• While some thought that they did a good job, a substantial minority felt that they were a waste of time. → be a waste of time/money/effort etc at waste1(2) |
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