| 释义 |
- n.垃圾；废物；浪费；废料
- v.浪费；白费；糟蹋；滥用
- adj.荒芜的；废弃的；丢弃的；无用的
- 网络废弃物；损耗
第三人称单数：wastes 现在分词：wasting 过去式：wasted v.+n. waste time,reduce waste,waste food,eliminate waste,dispose waste adj.+n. liquid waste,radioactive waste,waste disposal,sheer waste,waste land adj. excess,surplus,unwanted,uncultivated,barren n. litter,rubbish,garbage,trash v. blow,ravage,devastate,atrophy 使用不当not use well 1. | 浪费；滥用to use more of sth than is necessary or useful |
| to waste time/food/energy 浪费时间╱食物╱能源 | | Why waste money on clothes you don't need? 为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？ | | She wasted no time in rejecting the offer(= she rejected it immediately) . 她当即拒绝了提议。 | | You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him(= because he will not understand) . 你跟他解释是在浪费时间。 |
2. | ~ sth (on sb/sth) 白费；糟蹋to give, say, use, etc. sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be |
| Don't waste your sympathy on him─he got what he deserved. 别把你的同情心白白浪费在他的身上，他是咎由自取。 | | Her comments were not wasted on Chris(= he understood what she meant) . 她对克里斯的一席话没有白费。 |
3. | [usupass] 未充分利用；使…屈才to not make good or full use of sb/sth |
| It was a wasted opportunity. 这白白浪费了一次机会。 | | You're wasted as a sales manager─you should have been an actor. 你当销售经理屈才了，你本应该做演员。 |
杀人kill sb 4. | (informal) ~ sb 干掉；把…废了；杀死to get rid of sb, usually by killing them |
打败defeat sb 5. | (informal) ~ sb （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition |
IDM waste your breath 白费唇舌to say sth that nobody takes any notice of waste not, want not 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it 非充分利用not good use 1. | [u][sing] ~ (of sth) 浪费；滥用the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, causing it to be lost or destroyed |
| I hate unnecessary waste. 我憎恨不必要的浪费。 | | It seems such a waste to throw good food away. 把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。 | | I hate to see good food go to waste(= be thrown away) . 我不愿看到好好的食物被扔掉。 | | The report is critical of the department's waste of resources. 报告批评了这个部门对资源的浪费。 | | What a waste of paper! 多么浪费纸啊！ |
2. | [sing] 白费；糟蹋a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth |
| These meetings are a complete waste of time . 这些会议完全是白费时间。 | | They believe the statue is a waste of taxpayers' money. 他们认为这座雕像糟蹋了纳税人的钱。 |
材料materials 3. | [u] 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away |
| household/industrial waste 生活垃圾；工业废料 | | | | waste disposal(= the process of getting rid of waste) 废物处理 |
4. | [u] 粪便material that the body gets rid of as solid or liquid material |
| The farmers use both animal and human waste as fertilizer. 农民把牲畜和人类的粪便都用作肥料。 |
土地land 5. | [pl] 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants |
| the frozen wastes of Siberia 西伯利亚的冻土荒原 |
IDM a waste of space (informal) 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶a person who is useless or no good at anything 土地land 1. | 荒芜的；废弃的not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used |
| The car was found on a piece of waste ground. 那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。 |
材料materials 2. | 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away |
IDM lay sth waste|lay waste (to) sth 彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地to destroy a place completely n. | 8. 消耗(量),损耗;衰弱;渐损;【法律】毁损,损坏 9. 【地质学;地理学】风化物;(被水流冲蚀的)岩屑 8. 消耗(量),损耗;衰弱;渐损;【法律】毁损,损坏 9. 【地质学;地理学】风化物;(被水流冲蚀的)岩屑 | adj. | | v. | 10. 消耗,使衰弱;【法律】(因使用不当而)损坏(房屋等);【石工】把(石头)解成适当的大小 10. 消耗,使衰弱;【法律】(因使用不当而)损坏(房屋等);【石工】把(石头)解成适当的大小 |
n. | 1. a failure to use something wisely, properly, fully, or to good effect 2. unwanted or unusable items, remains, or by-products, or household rubbish 3. the undigested remainder of food expelled from the body as excrement 4. used or contaminated water from domestic, industrial, or mining applications 5. enclosing rock mined with a mineral, or ore with insufficient mineral content to justify further processing 6. an uncultivated, desolate, or wild area 7. a place or region that has been destroyed or ruined 8. loss of value in a property or estate caused by damage done by the tenant 9. the failure to use something valuable in an effective way, so that it does not produce the benefits that it could 10. the useless materials, substances, or parts that are left after you use something 1. a failure to use something wisely, properly, fully, or to good effect 2. unwanted or unusable items, remains, or by-products, or household rubbish 3. the undigested remainder of food expelled from the body as excrement 4. used or contaminated water from domestic, industrial, or mining applications 5. enclosing rock mined with a mineral, or ore with insufficient mineral content to justify further processing 6. an uncultivated, desolate, or wild area 7. a place or region that has been destroyed or ruined 8. loss of value in a property or estate caused by damage done by the tenant 9. the failure to use something valuable in an effective way, so that it does not produce the benefits that it could 10. the useless materials, substances, or parts that are left after you use something | adj. | 2. unproductive, uninhabited, or uncultivated 3. expelled from the body as indigestible 4. used to carry off or store waste 5. waste substances are what is left of something after the valuable parts of it have been used 6. waste land or waste ground is land that is not being used or has not been built on, usually in a city 2. unproductive, uninhabited, or uncultivated 3. expelled from the body as indigestible 4. used to carry off or store waste 5. waste substances are what is left of something after the valuable parts of it have been used 6. waste land or waste ground is land that is not being used or has not been built on, usually in a city | v. | 1. to use something or use something up carelessly, extravagantly, or ineffectively 2. to fail to make use of something such as an opportunity 3. to fail to make full use of the abilities or talents possessed by somebody 4. to become gradually weaker or thinner, e.g. as a result of disease, or make somebody become gradually weaker or thinner 5. to ravage or devastate something 6. to kill or murder somebody 7. to use more of something than is necessary, or to use it in a way that does not produce the best results 8. make no use of;use without a good purpose;use more of(sth.)than is necessary 9. make(land)waste;cause to lose strength by degrees 1. to use something or use something up carelessly, extravagantly, or ineffectively 2. to fail to make use of something such as an opportunity 3. to fail to make full use of the abilities or talents possessed by somebody 4. to become gradually weaker or thinner, e.g. as a result of disease, or make somebody become gradually weaker or thinner 5. to ravage or devastate something 6. to kill or murder somebody 7. to use more of something than is necessary, or to use it in a way that does not produce the best results 8. make no use of;use without a good purpose;use more of(sth.)than is necessary 9. make(land)waste;cause to lose strength by degrees |
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