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单词 waste
释义 waste¹ /weɪst/ n.
1.+of money, time, materials浪费;糟蹋;滥用

It's a waste of money.那是浪费钱。

It's a waste of time.那是浪费时间。

to be a waste of time doing sth做某事是浪费时间

I thought it was a waste of time moaning about it.我觉得为这事发牢骚是浪费时间。

2.(unnecessary expenditure)铺张浪费

I hate waste.我痛恨铺张浪费。

What a waste!太浪费啦!

to reduce waste减少浪费
3.+of opportunity浪费;错失

It's a tragic waste of talent.这么浪费人才, 真可悲。

4.(unwanted material)废弃物;废料;无用的人
industrial waste工业废弃物
nuclear waste核废物
5.(rubbish)垃圾
household waste生活垃圾
6.(devastated land)废弃地;遭到破坏的土地
7.(empty land)荒地;野地
8.【生理】(metabolic)代谢物;排泄物
9.【生理】+of digestive process不能消化的食物残渣
10.(rock)(岩石被侵蚀后的)废石, 岩屑, 风化物
11.【律】(尤指因终身地产保有人的行为或疏忽造成的)地产的贬值
idiom
to go to waste被浪费;被糟蹋

Mexican cookery is economical. Nothing goes to waste.墨西哥烹饪很节约。什么都不浪费。

to lay waste to sthorto lay sth to waste<正式>彻底损毁某物;完全毁坏某物

cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries因传统工业衰退而变得荒芜的城市

The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.蚜虫正在彻底毁坏小麦和大麦地。

waste² /weɪst/ comp.
1.(excess)+ energy, heat浪费的;过多的;过度的
2.(empty)+ land, ground荒芜的;不毛的

There was a patch of waste land behind the church.教堂后面有一块荒地。

3.(unwanted)无用的;无价值的;丢弃的
4.【生理】+ metabolic product代谢物的;排泄物的
5.【生理】+ residue未消化食物残渣的
waste³ /weɪst/
🄰 vt.
1.(squander)+ money, water, fuel浪费;挥霍

I don't like wasting money.我不喜欢乱花钱。

to waste time doing sth浪费时间做某事

I didn't want to waste time looking at old cars.我可不想浪费时间去看旧车。

2.(let slip)+ opportunity浪费;错失

Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children.咱们不要错过了这个看孩子们的机会。

We wasted a good scoring chance.我们错失了一个绝佳的进球机会。

3.(body, flesh)使消耗体力;使衰弱

He was shabbily dressed, the flesh on his bones wasted by whatever disease afflicted him.他衣衫褴褛, 身体被疾病折磨得很虚弱。

4.(exhaust)使筋疲力尽;使耗尽精力

Amanda took a deep breath, as if the mere act of speaking had wasted her.阿曼达深吸了一口气, 仿佛仅仅开口说话就已经让她筋疲力尽了。

5.<非正式>(kill)杀死;谋杀
🄱 vi.
=waste away
idiom
to be wasting your time浪费时间;做无用的事;犯错误

You' re wasting your time asking him.问他你就是在浪费时间。

there's no time to waste时不我待
waste not, want not俭以防匮
Phrasal Verbwaste away
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