In addition,news agencies provide updates and companies share product information through Twitter Some critics say Twitter is a waste of time that takes people's attention away from their work.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

And I am not going to take the time to solve it because I think that is a waste of class time, but those are the three unknowns.

但我并不打算把解这几个方程,我觉得那会是浪费课堂时间，但那是三个未知式。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

because it's a waste of money, really, in my opinion.

因为这是浪费钱，真的，这是我的观点。

奢华购物的天堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Most people thought educating women was a waste of money.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

I wouldn't give a midterm, because I think it's a waste of time, except we have to have some sort of-- it gives you an indication how you're doing in the course.

我不想考期中,因为我觉得就是浪费时间,不过我们必须得有点什么,能让你知道你这门课学得怎么样了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

This is a new company record. If it wasn't a waste of a fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for O.C.S.,Private Gump.

VOA: standard.other

"No. It's a waste of a course."

不，这是在浪费时间“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Critics like George Rossman say that is a waste of time.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

It was a complete waste of time, unless the goal in life was simply to pester the user for some input.

刚才的时间就完全浪费了，除非那个唯一的目的,是简单地纠缠用户索要一些输入。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

America's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one hundred thousand sea animals die each year as a result of the plastic waste.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

I stress it in particular because I know you're all going to get into this stage; you've got a problem set due in a couple of hours, you're still writing the code, you don't want to waste time, and I'm going to use quotes on "waste time", doing those extra things to do the defensive programming, you just want to get the darn thing done.

我特别强调了这一点,因为我知道你们都会慢慢成为程序员;,你在写代码过程中造成了一系列的错误，你还在写代码，你不想浪费时间，我想把“浪费时间“用引号圈起来，浪费时间来做因为防卫性程序设计，而带来的这些额外的事情,你只想赶紧把程序写完，这不是一个好习惯，因为当你做完回头。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The two patches of waste are connected together in the shape of a dog bone a really big bone about nine thousand kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Dialysis - and this is a method to replace or augment the function of your kidneys, to remove waste products really from the blood, which is something the kidney does continuously.

透析技术,这种技术用来替代,或者增强肾脏功能,以去除血液中的各种废物,就像肾脏持续进行的那样

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

A big part of her job will be to look for ways to cut government waste.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

The last one that we saw was a complete waste of time.

我们看的上一部这种电影完全是浪费时间。

There is no 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And,we will tell about a lot of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

I think it's terribly important to keep the distinction in the back of our minds even if we find it, in practical terms, well nigh impossible and possibly even in many contexts a waste of time to be perpetually enforcing it.

你们一定要牢记这个区别,这实在是太重要了，尽管有时我们发现在一些的文本中这种区别很微小,看上去不值得花时间去研究或使用。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Waste Management is a private company that operates several of the landfills that are receiving BP oil cleanup waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

That is a waste of memory.

这是没用的能量。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Now,small trees dot the once barren schoolyard of a village elementary school, along with special trash cans for biodegradable waste.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The longing heart accumulates desires that become in time a kind of volatile waste, which can't be contained.

渴望的心聚集欲望,假以时日便成了,会挥发不能抑制的废物。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

"At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

I can't help thinking this is a complete waste of time.

我忍不住在想，这完全是在浪费时间。

I can't help but 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The several hundred animals housed in each medium-sized CAFO produce as much waste as a small city of tens of thousands of people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

The European Green Party has also accused European companies of using Somalia's shoreline as a dump site for the disposal of toxic waste.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"I wanted to focus on what seems to me to be a most egregious waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

"The failure to devise a clear, Mr.Secretary,and credible plan for employing TARP, has also resulted in a massive waste, some people believe,of taxpayer dollars,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Every dollar of waste in our defense budget is a dollar we can't spend to support our troops or prepare for future threats or protect the American people,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

He is the director of applied research for the Solid Waste Association of North America, a professional organization that promotes the efficient and environmentally-sound management of municipal solid waste.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Like other kinds of trash dumped into landfills, the waste from the Gulf cleanup will eventually decompose, releasing a variety of gases and liquids which are vented or disposed of in turn.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05