| 单词 | waste |
| 释义 | waste [weɪst] noun BAD USE 使用不当 IMPROVER [S or U] ■an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc 浪费；滥用 •That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a •She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a •My mother couldn't bear waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.我母亲不能容忍浪费——她总是让我们吃光自己碟子里的所有东西。 go to waste ■to not be used, eaten, etc 被浪费掉 •"Go on, finish off this tart, Paul." "Well, it seems a shame to let it go to waste."“保罗，接着吃，把这块甜果馅饼吃完。”“好吧，把它浪费了似乎有点可惜。” [weɪst] noun UNWANTED MATTER 无用的物质 ADVANCED countable or uncountable ■unwanted matter or material of any type, often that which is left after useful substances or parts have been removed 废品，垃圾，废物，废料 •Britain produces 20 million tonnes of household waste each year.英国每年产生2000万吨家居垃圾。 •He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.他反对将任何一种核废料倾倒入海中。 •Every day, 30 million gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow from Ciudad Juarez into the Rio Grande.每天都有3000万吨未经处理的人类粪便从华雷斯城排入格兰德河。 •Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes.溢油现象很常见，就像倾倒有毒工业废料一样。 •The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper [weɪst] noun EMPTY GROUND 荒地 waste ground ■an area of ground in or near a city which is not built on, used to grow crops, or used in any way （城市里或市郊的）荒地 •His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city.他的尸体被胡乱抛在城外的一片荒地。 ⇒ See also wastelandwastes [plural] ■large areas of land that are not used to grow crops and have few living animals or plants 荒原，不毛之地 •the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia西伯利亚北部的极地荒原地区 [weɪst] noun waste of space informal ■a person or thing that is not useful or helpful 废物，无用的人 •He's a total waste of space, that man.那个人完全是个废物。 [weɪst] verb transitive USE BADLY 浪费 ESSENTIAL ■to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it 浪费；未好好利用 •You waste a lot of water by having a bath instead of a shower.洗盆浴而不洗淋浴，你会浪费大量水。 •Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time •Don't waste your money [weɪst] verb transitive KILL 杀死 US slang ■to kill someone 杀死，杀害，干掉 [weɪst] verb transitive not waste words ■If someone does not waste words, they talk only about what is important using as few words as possible 惜字如金；不多费口舌 •He explained the whole system in about 30 seconds - he doesn't waste words, does he?他只用了大约30秒来解释整个系统——真是惜字如金，对不对？ [weɪst] verb transitive waste your breath ■If you waste your breath, you spend time and energy trying to give advice which is ignored 白费唇舌 •Honestly, you're wasting your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.说实话，你在白费唇舌——他不想听其他任何人要说甚么。 [weɪst] verb transitive Waste not , want not. saying ■said to advise someone not to waste anything, because they might need it in the future 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺。 [weɪst] verb transitive wasted on sb ■If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that it is too clever or its quality is too high for them and they will not understand its true value 浪费在（某人）身上；用在（某人）身上就是浪费 •I'm not going to serve that good coffee to Chris and Melanie - it would be wasted on them.我可不想把那么好的咖啡给克里斯和梅拉妮喝——那会糟蹋东西。 [weɪst] verb transitive Phrasal Verbs waste away ■to gradually get thinner and weaker, in a way that is unhealthy 逐渐消瘦；渐渐瘦弱 •You get thinner every time I see you, Sara - you're wasting away!我每次见你，你都比以前瘦了，莎拉——你真是越来越瘦弱了！ |
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