But what really got to me was the thought of how much water was being wasted.

但是真正让我关心的是，有多少水被间接浪费掉了。

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I mean that's not mutually detrimental though. Magic got a good return out of it, they just messed up afterwards and wasted it.

这笔交易并不是双输吧。魔术得到了不错的回报，他们只是在后来搞得一塌糊涂，浪费了这些回报。

youdao

Joe wasted a tot of time before he got down to work.

乔在静下心开始工作之前总要浪费许多时间。

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Arsenal threatened to put the game to bed before Burnley got out of the blocks as Fabregas quickly wasted another chance and Andrey Arshavin struck an upright.

BBC: Burnley 1-1 Arsenal

Argentina wasted no time in declaring it had got the deal it wanted (see article).

ECONOMIST: The IMF and Argentina

"I had to find a cup, I had to find some tea, I wasted, like, half an hour, and got really annoyed, " he recalls.

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