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waste/weist/ v., adj. & n.●v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly 浪费；挥霍 waste time 浪费时间 2 tr. fail to use (esp. an opportunity) 略而不用(尤指机会) 3 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 on)a give (advice etc.), utter (words etc.), without effect 白费唇舌地提出(劝告等)；白说 b (often in passive 常用被动) fail to be appreciated or used properly 未被珍惜或恰当利用 she was wasted on him 他没拿她当回事儿; I feel wasted in this job 做这个工作我感到屈才 4 tr. & intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 away) wear gradually away; make or become weak; wither (使)耗尽精力；(使)衰弱；(使)消瘦 5 tr. literary ravage, devastate [文学用语]蹂躏；使荒废；使毁坏 6 tr. treat as wasted or valueless 当废品处理 7 intr. be expended without useful effect 被消耗；被损耗 8 tr. esp. N. Amer. slang beat up, kill, murder [尤北美] [俚语]毒打；杀害；谋杀 9 tr. (as 作 wasted predic. adj.) slang [俚语]a worn out; exhausted 筋疲力尽的；疲惫不堪的 b intoxicated by alcohol or drugs (因酗酒或吸毒而)醉了的；中毒 ●adj. 1 superfluous; no longer serving a purpose 多余的；无用的 2 (of a district etc.) not inhabited or cultivated; desolate (指某一地区等)无人烟的；未开垦的；荒凉的 waste ground 荒地 ●n. 1 the act or an instance of wasting; extravagant or ineffectual use of an asset, of time, etc. 浪费；滥用；糟蹋(资产、时间等) 2 waste material or food; refuse; unwanted or unusable remains or by-products 废料；弃物；多余的或无用的残余物 3 a waste region; a desert etc. 荒芜地区；荒漠等 4 the state of being used up; diminution by wear and tear 消耗；损耗 5 Law damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, esp. by a life-tenant 【法律】(尤指因占用者的行为或疏忽而造成的)财产损失 6 = WASTE PIPE □ go (or run) to waste be wasted 被浪费掉 □ lay waste (or lay waste to or lay (a thing) to waste) ravage, devastate 毁坏；蹂躏 □ waste one's breath see 见 BREATH □ waste not, want not extravagance leads to poverty 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 □ waste words see 见 WORD □ wasteless adj.[Middle English via Old Northern French wast(e), variant of Old French g(u)ast(e), from Latin vastus] |