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You mustn't waste a grain of rice.

你不能一粒米。

It is a shame to be so wasteful.

这样太可耻了。

He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.

他总是责怪妻子奢侈。

Papa would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.

爸爸不允许一滴水。

Don't waste the flour; there isn't much.

不要面粉，没有多少了。

It's expensive to leave the electric stove on all day.

整天开着电炉太钱了。

The back-bencher's speech hit at government spending.

后座议讲话批评了政府。

I think it is a totally unwarranted waste of public money.

认为这是毫无正当理由地公款。

I can't abide that, people being well off and throwing their money about.

无法容忍人们日子一好过就铺张。

He often dissipated his energies in trivial matters.

他常在无关紧要小事精力。

Wasting food when people are starving is a grievous wrong.

在别人挨饿时食物是一种严重罪恶。

I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.

看来争论这件事纯粹是时间。

What a fearful waste of time and money!

这样时间和金钱真是不得了!

It's frivol misuse of time, I confess .

承认，这有点无谓时间。

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

不能再在咖啡时间了。

I've wasted almost a year on an abort.

在这个夭折计划了几乎一年时间。

A responsible government shouldn’t waste the taxpayers’ money.

一个负责任政府不应该纳税人金钱。

She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers’ money.

她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱。

I wondered darkly if I was wasting my time.

忧郁地想是不是在时间。

The program to phase down waste in natural sources is progressing successfully in the country.

逐步减少自然能源正在这个国家顺利进行。