词汇 | waste |
释义 | waste noun uk/weɪst/ us/weɪst/ (BAD USE) B1 [ S or U ]浪费;滥用 an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc. That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time. 那次会议根本没有取得什么成果——纯粹是浪费时间。 She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents. 她已经失业两年了,这纯粹是浪费她的才华。 My mother couldn't stand 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盘子里的所有东西。 go to waste 被浪费掉 to not be used, eaten, etc. You can even make stock from the bones, so that nothing goes to waste. 你甚至可以用骨头来做汤料,所以没有什么会被浪费掉。
(UNWANTED MATTER) B1 [ C or U ]废品,垃圾,废物,废料 unwanted matter or material of any type, especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed This city produces 20 million tons of household waste each year. 这个城市每年会产生2000万吨生活垃圾。 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。 Millions of gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow into the river every day. 每天都有几百万吨未经处理的人类粪便排入河中。 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. 日本人对他们一半以上的废纸进行回收。
(EMPTY GROUND) waste groundmainly UK (城市里或市郊的)荒地 an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city. 他的尸体被胡乱地抛在了城外的一片荒地里。 See also: wasteland wastes[ plural ] 荒原,不毛之地 large areas of land that are not used to grow crops and have few living animals or plants the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia 西伯利亚北部的极地荒原地区 Idiom waste of spaceidiom informal 废物,无用的人 a person or thing that is not useful or helpful That man is a total waste of space. 那个人完全是个废物。 waste verb [ T ] uk/weɪst/ us/weɪst/ (USE BADLY) B1 浪费;未好好利用 to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower. 洗盆浴而不洗淋浴,你会浪费大量的水。 Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time already. 快点儿,我们开始吧——我们已经浪费了不少时间了。 Don't waste your money on such junk. 别在这种垃圾上浪费你的钱。
(KILL) US slang杀死,杀害,干掉 to kill someone Idioms not waste wordsidiom 惜字如金;不多费口舌 If someone does not waste words, they talk only about what is important using as few words as possible. 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? waste your breathidiom 白费唇舌 If you waste your breath, you spend time and energy trying to give advice that is ignored. 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的意见。 waste no timeidiom 立刻开始做 to start doing something immediately Caroline wasted no time in tackling her new responsibilities. 卡罗琳立刻开始承担起新的职责。 waste not, want notidiom saying 勤俭节约,吃穿不缺。 said to advise someone not to waste anything, because they might need it in the future wasted on someoneidiom C2 浪费在(某人)身上;用在(某人)身上就是浪费 If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that its quality is too high for that person and they will not understand its true value. 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。 Phrasal verb waste away 逐渐消瘦;渐渐瘦弱 to gradually get thinner and weaker, in a way that is unhealthy 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,萨拉——你真是越来越瘦弱了! |
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