| 单词 | waste |
| 释义 | verbnounadjective🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/ NAmE /weɪst/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they waste BrE /weɪst/ NAmE /weɪst/ present simple - he / she / it wastes BrE /weɪsts/ NAmE /weɪsts/ past simple wasted BrE /ˈweɪstɪd/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪd/ past participle wasted BrE /ˈweɪstɪd/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪd/ -ing form wasting BrE /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ ➤ not use well 使用不当🔑 to use more of sth than is necessary or useful 浪费；滥用◆ ~sth to waste time /food /energy 浪费时间/食物/能源◆ ~sth on sth Why waste money on clothes you don't need ? 为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？◆ ~sth (in ) doing sth 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。~sth (on sb /sth )to give , say , use , etc . sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be 白费；糟蹋◆ 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。🔑 [usually passive ]to not make good or full use of sb /sth 未充分利用；使…屈才◆ ~sb /sth It was a wasted opportunity . 这白白浪费了一次机会。◆ ~sb /sth as sth 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。➤ kill sb 杀人~sb (informal , especiallyNAmE ) to get rid of sb , usually by killing them 干掉；把…废了；杀死➤ defeat sb 打败~sb (NAmE , informal ) to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水 ● waste your ˈbreath to say sth that nobody takes any notice of 白费唇舌● ˌwaste not , ˈwant not (saying ) if you never waste anything , especially food or money , you will always have it when you need it 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 ● ˌwaste aˈway (of a person 人) to become thin and weak , especially because of illness （尤指因病）变得瘦弱 ➡ see also emaciated🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/ NAmE /weɪst/ noun ➤ not good use 非充分利用🔑 [U , sing. ]~ (of sth )the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way , causing it to be lost or destroyed 浪费；滥用◆ 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！🔑 [sing. ]a situation in which it is not worth spending time , money , etc . on sth 白费；糟蹋◆ 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。➤ materials 材料🔑 [U ] (also wastes [pl. ]) materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾◆ household /industrial waste 生活垃圾；工业废料◆ toxic wastes 有毒废物◆ waste disposal (= the process of getting rid of waste )废物处理drain , dump , effluent , exhaust , fly-tip , incinerator , landfill , rubbish , waste , waste (also ˌwaste ˈmatter ) [U ]material that the body gets rid of as solid or liquid material 粪便◆ 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。➤ land 土地wastes [pl. ](formal ) a large area of land where there are very few people , animals or plants 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原◆ the frozen wastes of Siberia 西伯利亚的冻土荒原 ● a waste of ˈspace (informal ) a person who is useless or no good at anything 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/ NAmE /weɪst/ adjective [usually before noun ]➤ land 土地🔑 not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used 荒芜的；废弃的SYN derelict◆ The car was found on a piece of waste ground . 那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。➤ materials 材料🔑 no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的◆ waste plastic 废塑料 ● lay sth ˈwaste ● lay ˈwaste (to ) sth (formal ) to destroy a place completely 彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地 |
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