| 词汇 | waste |
| 释义 | waste | BrE weɪst, AmE weɪst | A. transitive verb ① (squander) 浪费 ‹resources, money›▸ her irony was wasted on him 她的嘲讽对他没起作用 ▸ she wasted no time in rejecting the offer 她当即拒绝了那个提议 ② (not make full use of) 荒废 ‹opportunity, talents›③ (make emaciated) «illness, hunger» 使…衰弱 ‹person›④ (mainly US) informal (kill) 干掉 ‹person›⑤ US informal (defeat) 把…打得落花流水 ‹player, team›B. intransitive verb «food, material» 被浪费 ▸ waste not, want not proverb 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 C. noun ① countable and uncountable (extravagant use) 浪费 ▸ to go to waste 被浪费掉 ▸ it was a real waste to spend so much on the shirt 在那件衬衫上花那么多钱真是浪费 ② countable (pointless use) 白费 ▸ a waste of time/energy 白费时间/力气 ▸ a waste of space informal 饭桶 ③ countable and uncountable (unwanted material) 废物 ▸ household waste 生活垃圾 ▸ radioactive waste 放射性废物 ④ uncountable (product of the body) 排泄物 ⑤ countable formal (area of land) 荒野 ▸ icy/snowy wastes 冰原/雪原 D. adjective ① (unwanted) 废弃的 ▸ waste water/gases/plastics 污水/废气/废塑料 ▸ waste materials or matter 废物 ② (derelict) 未开垦的 ‹ground›▸ to lay sth waste or lay waste (to) sth formal 把某处夷为平地 PHRASAL VERB waste away intransitive verb 变瘦弱 |
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