这是一种浪费资源的可耻行为。

This is a criminal waste of resources.

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水龙头都开着，水在向外流。这是一种浪费。

The taps were left on and the water was running. It's a waste.

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他和惠勒认为这是一种浪费能源的对待所有水了饮用水的标准。

Both he and Wheeler believe it is a waste of energy to treat all water up to drinking standards.

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