waste one's breath

  1. 徒费唇舌
    • I'll not waste my breath on you.I can see you are not going to help us at all.
      我不在这里跟你白费口舌了, 我知道你根本不打算帮助我们。
    • I told them how to do it but I was wasting my breath; they went and tried it their way—and failed!
      我告诉他们怎么做, 但是我徒费口舌, 他们还是按自己的一套去做——结果失败了!

网络词典

waste one's breath

英 weɪst 美 weɪst
动词 中文翻译:浪费
同义词: ['squander', 'misuse', 'discard', 'squander']

例句:

  1. 1. It's important to not waste water in our daily lives.
    在日常生活中,不要浪费水是很重要的。
  2. 2. The company wasted a lot of money on unnecessary advertising.
    这家公司在不必要的广告上浪费了很多钱。
  3. 3. Don't waste your time on something that doesn't matter.
    不要浪费时间去做不重要的事情。