wastefully
/ˈweɪstfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈweɪstfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwāst-fəl How to pronounce wasteful (audio)/ (ame, mw)
wastefully — 副詞
1. using or spending more of a resource than a particular situation truly needs, so
浪費地
不必要地消耗資源
using or spending more of a resource than a particular situation truly needs, so that some of it is lost or goes unused
The hotel kitchen wastefully threw out hundreds of untouched meals every single week.
這間飯店的廚房每週浪費地丟掉數百份沒人碰過的餐點。
collocation: wastefully throw out / throw away
Devika felt guilty about wastefully spending her entire monthly salary on one party.
Devika 對於浪費地把整個月薪花在一場派對上感到內疚。
Hao wastefully left the air conditioner running all day while he was at work.
Hao 上班時浪費地讓冷氣開了一整天。
The project wastefully used twice the materials it needed because of poor planning.
這個專案因為規劃不佳，浪費地用了所需物料的兩倍。
Ramón realized he had been wastefully printing every email instead of reading on screen.
Ramón 意識到自己一直浪費地把每封郵件印出來，而不是在螢幕上閱讀。
- extravagantly
focuses on spending too much money, especially on luxuries
- inefficiently
focuses on using time or resources poorly without achieving the best result
- prodigally
formal; describes spending money or using resources in a reckless, over-generous way
- economically
using the minimum resources needed
- efficiently
achieving maximum output with minimum waste
- thriftily
careful with money or resources to avoid waste
文法句型
wastefully + verb (e.g. spend, consume, use)
用法筆記
Subject is typically an organization, system, or person who controls resources. Frequently modifies verbs like 'spend', 'consume', 'use', 'throw away', and 'produce'.
常見錯誤
wastefully — 形容詞
- wastefullypositive
- more wastefullycomparative
- most wastefullysuperlative
1. tending to use more money, time, materials, or energy than is needed, often beca
浪費的
傾向浪費資源
tending to use more money, time, materials, or energy than is needed, often because of carelessness or a lack of concern
Meera thought single-use plastic bottles were wasteful and bad for the planet.
Meera 認為一次性塑膠瓶很浪費，而且對地球有害。
predicative: were wasteful
The old factory's wasteful methods produced huge amounts of scrap metal each month.
這間老工廠的浪費生產方式每個月產生大量廢金屬。
attributive: wasteful methods
Kian said it was wasteful of the school to throw away perfectly good library books.
Kian 說學校把狀況良好的圖書館書籍丟掉真的很浪費。
Mateo's wasteful habit of buying new gadgets every month emptied his savings account.
Mateo 每個月買新電子產品的浪費習慣花光了他的積蓄。
Chidi described the all-you-can-eat buffet as wasteful because most customers left food on their plates.
Chidi 形容吃到飽自助餐很浪費，因為多數顧客都會剩食物在盤子裡。
- extravagant
spending much more than necessary, especially on luxuries or showy items
- profligate
formal; recklessly wasteful, especially of money or resources on a large scale
- lavish
very generous or abundant, often to the point of excess, but can be neutral or positive
- economical
using the minimum amount needed to achieve something
- frugal
careful not to spend or use more than necessary
- thrifty
managing money and resources carefully and avoiding waste
文法句型
wasteful + noun
be + wasteful
wasteful of + noun
用法筆記
Can describe both people ('a wasteful person') and things ('a wasteful process'). The pattern 'wasteful of + noun' is common: 'wasteful of resources', 'wasteful of time'. Distinguish from adjective/1 (adverb form 'wastefully' describes how an action is done; this adjective describes the thing or person itself).