waste

[weist]

n.废物, 浪费, 荒地
v.浪费, 滥用, 消耗
adj.荒芜的, 无用的, 浪费的

例句与用法：

All his efforts were wasted.

他的所有努力都白费了。

It's only a waste of time to speak to her.

和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。

词形变化：

动词过去式: wasted | 动词过去分词: wasted | 动词现在分词: wasting | 动词第三人称单数: wastes |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 浪费; 滥用; 未充分利用[(+on)]

Don't waste your time and energy on trifles.

别把你的时间和精力浪费在琐事上。

2. 消耗; 使消瘦; 使衰弱

3. 使荒芜; 使荒废

The drought wasted the land.

旱灾使田地荒芜。

4. 【俚】杀害, 谋杀

vi.

1. 被浪费

2. 消瘦[(+away)]

She is wasting away from an illness.

她因病消瘦了。

n.

1. 浪费; 滥用[U][S][(+of)]

Doing such a job is a waste of his talents.

做这种工作是在浪费他的才能。

2. 废(弃)物; 废料[U][P1], 排泄物

A lot of poisonous waste from the chemical works polluted the river.

化工厂的许多有毒废料污染这条河。

3. 荒地, 荒野[P1]

Few animals can exist in the frozen wastes of the Arctic.

几乎没有动物能在北极洲冰封的荒芜地区生存。

4. 一大片[S]

5. 消耗, 损耗; 毁坏[U]

6. 忽略不用, 错过[U]

a.

1. 废弃的, 无用的

Throw out that waste paper.

把废纸扔掉。

2. 盛放废物的, 排除废物的

3. 荒芜的; 荒废的; 未开垦的

It was a stretch of waste land.

那是一片荒地。

短语词组：

waste away

1. 消瘦

He is wasting away from disease.

他因病消瘦不少。

Waste not, want not.

1. 不浪费, 不缺钱。

go to waste

1. 被浪费掉

It's a shame to let that food go to waste.

浪费食物太可耻了。

lay waste to

1. 损毁

They did not expect the invaders to lay waste to their civilization.

他们没有料到侵略者会破坏他们的文明。