waste

It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints.

为了种种小毛病去看医生是浪费时间。

Economist Bryan Caplan, who is writing a book about education, agrees: "It's a giant waste of resources that will continue as long as the subsidies continue."

经济学家布莱恩·卡普兰正在写一本关于教育的著作，他对此表示赞同：“只要继续发放补贴，资源的巨大浪费就会一直存在。”

This type of worker has confidence in his ability, and is likely to feel that collaboration is a waste of time.

这种类型的员工对自己的能力有信心，可能会觉得合作是浪费时间。

Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.

国会通过了一条管理废物处理的法律。

The toxic wastes from local factories have been cleaned up.

当地工厂排放的有毒废料已经被清除。

Landfills are places to dump waste, but they are unpopular because they can pollute the soil used to cover them.

垃圾填埋场是倾倒垃圾的地方，但它们没有被普遍使用，因为它们会对用于覆盖垃圾的土壤造成污染。

The icy wastes of Antarctica are sparsely populated.

南极洲冰原人烟稀少。

The factory is near a waste treatment plant.

这家工厂在一个粪便处理厂附近。

Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.

在发展中国家，灌溉是人类排泄物的主要农业用途。