waste
音标发音
- 英式音标 [weɪst]
- 美式音标 [weɪst]
- 国际音标 [weist]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 浪费;废物;荒地;损耗;地面风化物
- vt. 浪费;消耗;使荒芜
- vi. 浪费;变消瘦;挥霍钱财
- adj. 废弃的;多余的;荒芜的
词源解说
- 1200左右年进入英语,直接源自盎格鲁法语的waster,意为损坏,毁坏;最初源自古典拉丁语的vastare,意为摧毁。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- wasted:浪费的。
- wasteful:浪费的,不经济的;奢侈的。
- wasting:浪费的;造成浪费的。
- adv性质的同根词
- wastefully:浪费地;挥霍地。
- n性质的同根词
- wasting:浪费。
- waster:[环境]废品;挥霍者,浪费者。
- wastefulness:浪费;挥霍无度。
- v性质的同根词
- wasted:浪费(waste的过去式)。
用法辨析
- waste用作名词的基本意思是“浪费,滥用”,指对人力、财物、时间等用得不当或没有节制,表示抽象意义,不可数。waste也可作“废料,废弃物”解,指失去原使用价值的、陈旧、破损了的物品,是不可数名词,表示不同种类的废弃物时可用于复数形式。
- waste还可作“荒地”解,指没有开垦或没有耕种的土地,作此解时是可数名词,可用于复数形式。
- waste后可接of短语作其定语。
- waste的基本意思是“浪费”,即对人、财、物等使用不当或没有节制。其特征表现在主观方面是粗心或奢侈,表现在客观方面则是白白付出而没有取得成就或好处。
- waste主要用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。当表示人在某人〔物、事〕上浪费时间〔金钱、精力、话语〕等时,其宾语后常接介词on+ n. 或接(in〔on〕+) v -ing。
- waste用作及物动词时还可以表示人〔战争、灾荒〕等使土地〔建筑物〕等荒芜、废弃,也可以表示疾病〔忧虑、高龄〕等使人或其体力〔面容〕等变得衰弱、消瘦。作这两种意思解时常可用于被动结构。
- waste也可用作不及物动词,多表示国力变衰、体力消耗或某物减少等,这时主动形式有被动意义。另外, waste用作不及物动词时偶尔也可以人作主语,主要用于祈使句中。
- waste用作形容词作“废弃的,无用的”解时,在句中只用作定语。
- waste也可用作“荒芜的”解,一般用于修饰土地等,在句中可用作定语,也可用作表语。
- waste无比较级和最高级形式。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- The city budget can afford no waste.
该市预算担负不起浪费。 - Dad would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.
爸爸不许我们浪费一滴水。 - It's a waste of time trying to talk to her when she's in this mood.
在她目前的心情下找她谈是没有用的。 - Waste not, want not.
不浪费,不愁缺。 - We are wasting our time by listening to such nonsense.
听这样的废话就等于浪费我们的时间。 - We should convert waste materials into useful ones.
我们应该把废物加以利用。 - The land became waste.
这块土地变得荒芜了。
用作名词 (n.)
~+of n./pron.
It is/was a ~+of time v -ing
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
词组短语
- abate waste 消除废物
- avoid waste 避免浪费
- combat waste 反对浪费
- convert waste into useful materials 废物利用
- cut down on waste 减少浪费
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
英英字典
- (BAD USE) an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.
- (UNWANTED MATTER) unwanted matter or material of any type, especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed
- (EMPTY GROUND) an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way
- (USE BADLY) to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it
- (KILL) to kill someone
- If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed.
- Waste is also a noun.
- Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.
- Waste is material that has been used and is no longer wanted, for example, because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.
- If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
- Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, that is not used or taken care of by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.
- If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.
- to waste no time&rarrsee time
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专业释义
- 废水
- 废弃物
Electronic Waste disassembling was an important factor causing soil heavy metals pollution.
电子废弃物拆解是导致的土壤和环境的重金属污染的一个重要人为因素。 - 废物
To invert this trend,it is urgent to study a regional plan fOr hazardous waste treatment and disposal.
因此,开展区域性危险废物处理处置方案研究刻不容缓。经济学
- 浪费
And, the waste of resources is also the other key fact to rise the flux of MF.
资源浪费也是增加物流量一个重要因素。 - 废弃物
Waste material logistics management is one of the most important factors for the Olympic Games.
废弃物物流管理是奥运会举办成功与否的关键因素之一。化学
- 废物
When discussing environmental impact of refinery process, both energy and process waste should be considered, because it consumes a lot of energy.
精馏是分离过程中典型的单元操作,因其能耗大,故考虑工艺排放废物对环境产生影响的同时,必须考虑能量消耗对环境的影响。机械工程
- 下脚料
- 废料
- 浪费
It not only damage the law’s authority and fair,but also waste justice rescourses.
同案不同判不仅严重损害法律的权威性与公正性,而且极大的浪费了司法资源,更难以形成人们对法律的信仰,无法实现法律对人们行为的规范与引导作用。交通运输工程
- 废料
The dredging silt of Dagu River is disposed of the building waste materials and slag. The article studies its feasibility of the roadbed stuffing to realize the resourcization and decontamination.
采用建筑废料及炉渣等材料对大沽河疏浚淤泥进行处置,研究其作为路基填料的可行性,实现疏浚淤泥的资源化和无害化处理。 - 弃土
- 废弃物
- (水流冲走地面的)风化物
- 废物
- 荒废
The waste of classroom resources may influence the quality of classroom teaching and the life quality of teachers and students in classroom.
课堂教学资源的荒废严重影响了课堂教学的质量,影响了师生在课堂中的生活质量。材料科学
- 废料
- 废材
- 棉纱头
- 废棉纱
- 采空区
- 废弃物
- 污物
- 垃圾
- 废弃物;消耗