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waste

waste
[英] [weist] [美] [west] 生词本

n.

vt.& vi.

vt.

adj.

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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. 

  • There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...

    原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。

  • I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...

    我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。

  • The system wastes a large amount of water.

    这套系统浪费了大量的水。

  • Waste is also a noun.

    • It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints...

      一点小毛病就去看医生是浪费时间。

    • I think that is a total waste of money.

      我认为那完全是浪费金钱。

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. 

  • The packets are measured to reduce waste...

    包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。

  • I hate waste.

    我讨厌浪费。

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. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • ...the process of eliminating body waste.

    身体排泄物的排出过程

4. VERB 错过(机会) If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available. 

  • Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...

    咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。

  • It was a wasted opportunity.

    这是一个错失了的良机。

5. VERB （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. 

  • All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.

    他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。

6. ADJ (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. 

  • There was a patch of waste land behind the church...

    教堂的后面有一块荒地。

  • Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

    田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

7. N-PLURAL 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. 

  • ...the barren wastes of the Sahara.

    贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

8. See also: wasted;  
9. PHRASE 被浪费;被糟蹋掉 If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away. 

  • 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。

  • 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 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. 

  • The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.

    这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。

  • ...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...

    因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

  • 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。

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. 

  • ...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.

    为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家

12.   to waste your breath→see: breath;  to waste no time→see: time; 
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waste away 
Noun

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;

  • "they collect the waste once a week"
  • "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;

  • "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
  • "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

3. the trait of wasting resources;

  • "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"
  • "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

  • "the barrens of central Africa"
  • "the trackless wastes of the desert"

5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Verb

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away;

  • "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
  • "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

2. use inefficiently or inappropriately;

  • "waste heat"
  • "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

3. get rid of;

  • "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

4. run off as waste;

  • "The water wastes back into the ocean"

5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;

  • "The mafia liquidated the informer"
  • "the double agent was neutralized"

6. spend extravagantly;

  • "waste not, want not"

7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;

  • "After her husband died, she just pined away"

8. cause to grow thin or weak;

  • "The treatment emaciated him"

9. devastate or ravage;

  • "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

10. waste away;

  • "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
  • synonym： rot
Adjective

1. disposed of as useless;

  • "waste paper"

2. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;

  • "a desert island"
  • "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
  • "a wild stretch of land"
  • "waste places"

体育

  • 1.浪费精力

公路科技

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  • 1.弃土

医学

  • 1.①消耗：躯体的逐渐耗损或缩小；②排泄物：机体内不能进一步使用的无用材料；③消瘦phonetie w.of the breath环杓侧肌麻痹性呼气过速

法律

  • 1.荒地

计算机

  • 1.消耗；【修】无用，空，废弃
1. At the entry for "kill", my thesaurus lists"murder", "assassinate"and "waste".
我的同义词词典在kill条目中列出murder，assassinate，waste词条。

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2. "Waste not, want not" is her favourite maxim.
“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。

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3. A lot of poisonous waste water comes from that chemical factory.
那个化工厂排出大量有毒的废水。

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4. A responsible government shouldn't waste the taxpayers' money.
一个负责任的政府不应该浪费纳税人的金钱。

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5. A wrong approach means a waste of effort.
路子不对等于白费劲儿。

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6. After reading the letter, he threw it in the waste-paper basket.
他看完信之后，把它扔进了字纸篓。

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7. Ah!This is a waste of time!
啊，真是浪费时间！

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8. All these waste materials can sell for money.
这些废品可以换钱。

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9. As the army retreated, it laid waste to thousands of acres of farmland.
军队后撤时毀坏了几千英亩农田。

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10. Be careful of the material; it's too precious to waste.
仔细这些材料，它太不易搞到，不可浪费。

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11. Documents leaked to this newspaper purport to reveal that radioactive waste is being illegally dumped on the site.
透露给报纸的文件声称是揭露放射性废料正被非法倾倒到此地一事。

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12. Don't let all this good food go to waste!
别把这些好好的食物浪费掉！

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13. Don't let all this good food run to waste!
别把这些好好的食物浪费掉！

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14. Don't throw waste paper about in the park.
不要在公园里乱扔废纸。

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15. Don't waste any more time over it.
不要在这上面旷费时间了。

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16. Don't waste such a golden opportunity.
不要糟踏这样一个千载一时的机会。

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17. Don't waste time on domestic trivialities.
不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。

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18. Don't waste words on that fellow.
不要同那家伙白费口舌。

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19. Don't waste your time arguing with him.
你不用跟他磨牙。

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20. Ensure that all the waste is properly and safely disposed of.
一定要适当且安全地处理所有废料。

来自《简明英汉词典》