| 单词 | waste of effort |
| 例句 | It’s also a waste of effort to grow them from seed, since the offspring even of an outstanding individual tree of those species are highly variable and mostly yield worthless fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The whole process is so unbelievably pretentious it seems to me to be a complete waste of effort,” Bridge said. Why do people hate Diner en Blanc? The word ‘pretentious’ keeps coming up. 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z I hope nobody is looking, the thought tugged at me every time, but closing the blinds only for a few minutes also seemed like a waste of effort. Sex in trees 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Apart from the opening long skirts, the day dresses were flat and smooth on the body; there was no excess fabric or waste of effort. Lanvin: Polished Like a Stone 2010-10-01T20:21:00Z At this point, with a tainted brand, an irritated fanbase and a pilot that’s proved a colossal waste of effort,perhaps the sensible thing would be for HBO to ditch Game of Thrones altogether. It's time for the Game of Thrones universe to die 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Based on the hundreds of responses I have received about the larger issue, there is a clear consensus that these organizational fundraising efforts are annoying and a waste of effort and money. Ask Amy: Cousin’s friend not welcome at Thanksgiving However, spreading seed without adequate soil preparation is a waste of effort; seeds need good contact with soil to germinate and grow. It’s lawn-fixing season. Here’s how to do it. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z In fact, some might say it makes you realize the waste of effort in this whole enterprise. John Wick: Chapter 2 is a shameful example of Hollywood gun pornography 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence agency, had stopped eavesdropping on those networks a year earlier because they saw it as a waste of effort. How Years of Israeli Failures on Hamas Led to a Devastating Attack 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Someone in your group describes the redshift surveys of galaxies to a friend, who says he’s never heard of a bigger waste of effort. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z "It's a huge expense. It's a huge waste of time. It's a huge waste of effort." Greg Abbott's latest border stunt may blow up in his face: Texas Guardsmen look to unionize 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Inside the stadium the noise will be deafening, the air will be poisonous, and the racing will be an extremely dangerous waste of effort. Letters to Sports: Rams in Super Bowl evokes spectrum of emotions 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s a waste of effort to grow any taller. Science offers compelling theories for the mysteries of our tallest trees, but their majesty requires no research — just appreciation 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The project would later be dismissed as a folly and a waste of effort. The Lost History of One of the World’s Strangest Science Experiments 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a waste of effort and money to even consider the issue,” said Dave Owen, a professor at the UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. California split: “Cal 3″ campaign epitomizes Golden State’s pay-to-play initiative process 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z That would just be a waste of effort. The Times and The New Yorker Share the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z It is a waste of effort even to figure out whether the Secretary believes his own statements. World Economic Leaders Warn of Trade War as Mnuchin Defends Policies 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Exploring concepts, diseases or symptoms chapter by chapter, Nicholls reveals that, for centuries, society and scientists dismissed sleep as a loss of time, and thus a waste of effort to study. A harrowing journey through disordered sleep 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z "From today's perceptive much seems pointless, a waste of effort," he told me. Rocking the Stasi - BBC News 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “Focusing clean-up at those gyres, in the opinion of most of the scientific community, is a waste of effort,” says marine biologist Jan van Franeker of Wageningen Marine Research in the Netherlands. Critics say plan for drifting ocean trash collectors is unmoored 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Doing so may be a waste of effort. Trump wants new ‘extreme vetting’ for immigrants. That might be a waste of time. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The flag in the middle usually doesn’t move much, but that doesn’t mean pulling hard is a waste of effort — it’s just hard to tell, because one side’s effort cancels out the other’s. Do Campaign Ads Matter? Donald Trump Offers a Rare Chance to Find Out 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Secondly, they can be a waste of effort. How the battle against IS is being fought online 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “It’s a waste of effort all around,” he said. Solar Industry Is Rebalanced by U.S. Pressure on China 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Even Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, hardly a progressive media voice, dismissed the very idea of House Republicans suing Obama as “silly” and “an enormous waste of effort.” Boehner's highly selective concerns about executive power 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Devoting scarce political capital to the goal of raising the price of fossil fuels is a waste of effort. Rhetoric and Realities Around Obama's 'Carbon Pollution' Power Plant Rules 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Trying to control Himalayan balsam throughout England, just because it is alien, is a waste of effort. The Anthropocene could raise biological diversity 2013-10-02T17:20:08.417Z All others are a waste of effort, as you bend over backwards for them just that once. 13 Stealth Ways to Save Money When Starting Up 2012-08-24T12:25:00Z “It is a waste of effort, time and tape,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers in answer to the frequently asked question, “Should I tape my windows when a hurricane threatens?” City Room: Still Suffering Summer's Storm-Anticipation Damage 2012-05-29T20:40:45Z It follows that the focus on supply-and-demand forces that are supposed to affect hourly wage rates – such as technology and education – is largely a waste of effort. What?s driving inequality? 2012-04-23T09:58:00Z There are two culprits in this waste of effort. Saving Time in the Sales Process by "Going for the kNOw" 2011-12-09T02:12:24Z According to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taping windows “is a waste of effort, time and tape.” City Room: Hurricane Irene: Questions and Answers 2011-08-26T20:43:05Z Flanders, in particular, is a plague-spot of espionage which has cost Britain an untold sacrifice of life and an almost immeasurable waste of effort. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Its operations are spread over large areas, and duplication of services over large areas would result in waste of effort and increase of expenses. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Legend is as the air invulnerable, and blows aimed at it, if not “malicious mockery” are waste of effort. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII That would be but a waste of effort. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk It was a tedious and primitive process, involving a tremendous waste of effort, but he was methodical, and each time the tub rose it carried a burden sufficient to tax the strength of two men. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure It is a waste of effort for each state to prepare a fly pamphlet. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Merely to have men enter this great work without a training, which fits them to cope with the problems of the day, is but a waste of effort. The Demand and the Supply of Increased Efficiency in the Negro Ministry The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 13 The waste of effort and of wealth involved in planting trees and assiduously cultivating the soil for the growth of poor crops decimated by disease is the prime cause of the dearness of fruit. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast As she caught the gleaming rivets and thrust them into their sconces, she wondered if all this toil were merely a waste of effort to give the sarcastic gods another laugh at human folly. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards In this age of the world such a waste of effort would not be tolerated. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 An operation, however splendidly conceived and faultlessly executed, involves waste of effort if directed with relation to wrong physical objectives. Sound Military Decision But it is not the waste of blood that so appals, it's the waste of effort and the waste of heroism. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia But it's horrible—the waste of effort in the world! The Convert Waste—waste of lives, waste of effort, waste of ammunition. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 There is no attempt to correlate the studies with which each concerns itself, and there is much waste of effort in holding group sessions that accomplish nothing. Society Its Origin and Development He took charge of the luncheon, lit the fire, and cooked the coffee without the least waste of effort. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North In the Dominions, with their thin and widely scattered populations, other phenomena, equally deplorable, are manifest—five churches in places where one suffices, appalling waste of effort and money, and even ugly competition for adherents. The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 It was so warm that supper really was almost a waste of effort on the part of the cook that evening, for few ate much. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida Page's telegrams and letters show that any suggestion at mediation would have been a waste of effort. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I And it is not a vain and fruitless waste of effort and of time, as things so easy of achievement often are. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Scraping the trunks of elm trees is also a waste of effort. Studies of Trees What is the cure for this misery and waste of effort? Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold It suggested a new heaven, of a sort, and it proposed a new earth, free from all the inequalities of wealth, the preventable suffering, the reckless waste of effort, which we saw around us. The History of the Fabian Society The capacity of an institution in which the care, and service, and protection of a home can be given, is too small for mere experiment or waste of effort. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink Let there be no "machine letters" sent out, all ready for signature; for such letters are a waste of effort, and belong in the waste baskets to which they are quickly consigned. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Waiving all other objections, this plan seems to me mere playing at politics, and an entire waste of effort. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 That would have been a waste of effort. A Minstrel in France Any measure which is not a settlement which leaves Ireland still actively discontented is a waste of effort, and the sooner English statesmen realize the futility of half measures the better. Imaginations and Reveries There have been, it is often alleged, other occasions when jokes made by Scotsmen have not achieved a shining success; and we do well to respect the intention while we deplore the waste of effort. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders An idle waste of effort would only have risked the loss of the object which by temperance we gained! Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 I was baffled and realized that it was a waste of effort to attempt to theorize about the snarled web in which I found myself enmeshed. The Devil's Admiral DISH-WASHING AND EFFICIENCY.—There is almost invariably a waste of effort in both the washing and the drying of dishes. School and Home Cooking It's poignant; it provokes tears; it tells so of the waste of effort. Italian Hours "Seems like it was a waste of effort to save that outfit," Bridges broke in. The Winds of Chance He had worked as a boy at every kind of range-work, and of all that humdrum waste of effort he had liked sawing wood best. The Man of the Forest In this way the Captain would, if he were to return and follow them, be put on a wrong scent, and give up any chase as a waste of effort. The Slowcoach We are ready to readjust boundaries in such a way as to remedy the waste of effort in the crossing of one another's territory. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening |
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