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。
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...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
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...
原因可能有很多,他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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。”
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