There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them. [VERB noun verb-ing]

原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。

I resolved not to waste money on a hotel. [VERB noun + on]

我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。

The system wastes a large amount of water. [VERB noun]

这套系统浪费了大量的水。

The packets are measured to reduce waste.

包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。

I hate waste.

我讨厌浪费。

Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.

国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。

Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.

英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。

...the process of eliminating body waste.

身体排泄物的排出过程

Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children. [VERB noun]

咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。

It was a wasted opportunity. [VERB-ed]

这是一个错失了的良机。

All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him. [be V-ed on n]

他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。

There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

教堂的后面有一块荒地。

Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

...the barren wastes of the Sahara. [+ of]

贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film.

如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。

Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.

“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”

The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.

这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。

...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries.

因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.

蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。

...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.

为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家