waste
v. /weɪst/ B1
浪费；虚度
To use more of something than is necessary or sensible.
仙境例句
The players wasted the whole afternoon fighting over the hedgehogs.
选手们为了抢刺猬，把整个下午都浪费掉了。
原著这一句
“I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.”
“我觉得你们拿时间做点别的事，”她说，“也比浪费在出那些没有答案的谜语上强。”
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