单词 | waste |
释义 | waste¹ 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 waste² ◆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。 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 🄰 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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