1 VERB 浪费;白费 If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed. 浪费;白费
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There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them. [VERB noun verb-ing]
原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
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I resolved not to waste money on a hotel. [VERB noun + on]
我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。
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The system wastes a large amount of water. [VERB noun]
这套系统浪费了大量的水。
2 N-UNCOUNT 浪费;滥用;糟蹋 Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. 浪费;滥用;糟蹋
3 N-UNCOUNT 废物;废料 Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out. 废物;废料
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Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste.
国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。
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Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。
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...the process of eliminating body waste.
身体排泄物的排出过程
SYN rubbish, refuse, debris, sweepings
4 VERB 错过(机会) If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available. 错过(机会)
5 VERB [usually passive] （因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益 If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that there is no point giving it or telling it to them as they will not appreciate, understand, or pay any attention to it. （因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益
6 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的 Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, which is not used or looked after by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish. (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的
SYN uncultivated, wild, bare, barren
7 N-PLURAL [adjective NOUN] 荒漠;沙漠 Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals. 荒漠;沙漠
SYN desert, wilds, wilderness, void
9 PHRASE 被浪费;被糟蹋掉 If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away. 被浪费;被糟蹋掉
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So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film.
如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
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Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”
10 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] 摧毁;把…变为荒地 If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it. 摧毁;把…变为荒地
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The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
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...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries.
因传统工业衰落而没落的城市
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The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。
SYN devastate, destroy, ruin, spoil
11 PHRASE 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it. 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
12 to waste your breath→see: breath to waste no time→see: time
Phrasal verbs: - waste away
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | waste Also look up: |
| VERB. | misuse, squander 1 |
| N. | garbage, junk, trash 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use waste with: |
| N. | waste energy, waste money, waste time, waste water 1 |
| VERB. | reduce waste 2 recycle waste 3 |
| ADJ. | hazardous waste, human waste, industrial waste, nuclear waste, toxic waste 3 |
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