This is because you have finally realised that you have wasted years of your life.

这是因为你终于意识到你的生命已经浪费了很多年。

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Had I known that it was this easy to rig the evidence, I wouldn't have wasted years of my life promoting a bogus discipline.

如果我早知道，操纵证据是如此易如反掌，我就不会浪费自己的美好年华去培养一种虚伪的行为准则。

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The long wasted years of prison life have a sobering effect on former criminal allegiances.

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The long evening they spend together, dicing with love and the knowledge of wasted years, is a scene not to be forgotten, or denied.

NEWYORKER: A Single Man

Needless to say, Gates wasted years defending his company, and when the DOJ ruled against it, I sent Gates a copy of Atlas Shrugged.

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