wasteful
美音:
[´weıstfəl
]英音:
[´weıstfəl
]adj.浪费的,不经济的
难易程度:
wasteful为中学词汇
词形变化:
名词:wastefulness 副词:wastefully
近义词, 同义词
wasteful
/-fl; -fəl/
adj
(a) causing waste 造成浪费的
*wasteful habits, methods, processes 造成浪费的习惯、方法、程序.
(b) using more than is needed; extravagant 浪费的; 挥霍的
*wasteful luxury, expenditure, housekeeping挥霍浪费的奢华、支出、持家之道.
wasteful
adj
using more of something than you should, especially money, time, or effort
a wasteful use of resources
wasteful of
The software is very wasteful of memory.
>wastefullyadv
Lily had wastefully left the light on.
>wastefulnessn[U]