waste
柯林斯词典
1. V-T 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. 浪费
There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them. 原因可能很多,而他不打算浪费时间猜测这些原因。
I resolved not to waste money on a hotel. 我决定不把钱白白浪费在旅馆住宿上。
2. N-SING Waste is also a noun. (时间、金钱等的) 浪费
It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints. 为了种种小毛病去看医生是浪费时间。
3. N-UNCOUNT Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. 浪费
The packets are measured to reduce waste. 测量包裹尺寸以减少浪费。
4. N-UNCOUNT 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. 废物; 废水[also N in pl]
Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste. 国会通过了一条管理废物处理的法律。
...the dangers posed by toxic waste. …有毒废弃物造成的危险。
5. V-T If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available. 错过 (机会)
Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children. 我们别错过看看孩子们的机会。
6. ADJ 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. 荒芜的; 废弃的[英国英语]
7. PHRASE If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away. 被浪费掉
So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film. 如果我们被迫删减一小时的电影,就会浪费掉他的非凡努力和才华。
8. to waste no time→see time
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waste /weɪst/ (wasting,wasted,wastes)
剑桥词典
- What a complete waste of time !
- It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war .
- This report is nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper .
- Buying that sports car was a sinful waste of money .
- The conference was a monumental waste of time .
- The government is having difficulty finding a safe depository for nuclear waste.
- Most people do not want this country to become a dumping ground for toxic waste.
- She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies .
- Liquid and solid waste is collected in the tank .
- The Japanese recycle more than half their waste paper .
waste noun (BAD USE)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]an unnecessary or wrong use of money , substances , time , energy , abilities , etc.
浪费;滥用
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
to not be used, eaten , etc.
被浪费掉
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。
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waste noun (UNWANTED MATTER)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]unwanted matter or material of any type , especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed
废品,垃圾,废物,废料
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。
例句
waste noun (EMPTY GROUND)
waste ground mainly UKan area of ground in or near a city that is not built on 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 . 他的尸体被胡乱地抛在了城外的一片荒地里。
也见 wasteland
wastes [ 名词的复数形式 ]
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