wasteful

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1. consuming,consumptive 令人憔悴的，消耗性的。
△As.3.2.344 (323): “lean and wasteful learning.” i.e.study which makes a man thin and causes him to waste away. 那令人消瘦、憔悴的学问研究。
2. destructive,devastating. ruinous 破坏性的，破坏性极大的，毁火性的。
△H.V.1.2.282: “and his soul / Shallstand sore charged for the wasteful vengeance / Thatshall fly with them；”i.e.with the cannon-balls.而随着炮弹飞来的毁灭性的报复将要把他的心灵压得沉甸甸的。
△ Mac.2.3.120 (113): “And his gashed stabs lookedlike a breach in nature / For ruin’s wasteful en-trance；” i.e. Duncan’s wounds looked like gaps inlife,through which Destruction could enter. 他那一道道刀伤就像是生命打开了缺口，毁灭性的蹂躏便由此冲入了。
△H.V.3.1.14:“Swilled with the wild and wastefulocean.”被那狂涛怒海所吞噬。