On one of my lists, for example, at 3 o 'clock I wrote "pointless to talk with Ralph; doesn't listen," meaning that it was a waste of my time to meet with him.

以我的一份列表举例：在3点时我写了“和拉尔夫说话毫无意义，他根本没听”，这代表我和他会面根本就是浪费时间。

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For instance , you only need to control the quantity and price of material to control the whole working process, but it is waste a lot of time to approve o every chain one by one.

比如说，你只需要控制请购的数量和材料的价格，就可以完全控制整个流程的进行，但是每一个环节都需要层层审核，这样非常浪费时间。

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The results show that the sorption is primary and the degradation is second of the active sludge in the treating city waste by the A/O. The active sludge is a more dangerous substance of second …

结果表明，在A/O工艺处理城市污水过程中，活性污泥的吸附作用是主要的，降解作用是次要的；

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This is a new company record. If it wasn't a waste of a fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for O.C.S.,Private Gump.

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While the evidence contradicts Mr O'Neill's idea that all aid has been a waste of time, it also exposes weaknesses in Mr Wolfensohn's own argument, particularly the idea that aid should play a big role in the war against terrorism.

ECONOMIST: Untangling the aid debate