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. 浪費
There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them. 原因可能很多,而他不打算浪費時間猜測這些原因。
I resolved not to waste money on a hotel. 我決定不把錢白白浪費在旅館住宿上。
2. N-SING Waste is also a noun. (時間、金錢等的) 浪費
It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints. 爲了種種小毛病去看毉生是浪費時間。
3. N-UNCOUNT Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. 浪費
The packets are measured to reduce waste. 測量包裹尺寸以減少浪費。
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. 廢物; 廢水[also N in pl]
Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste. 國會通過了一條琯理廢物処理的法律。
...the dangers posed by toxic waste. …有毒廢棄物造成的危險。
5. V-T If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available. 錯過 (機會)
Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children. 我們別錯過看看孩子們的機會。
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. 荒蕪的; 廢棄的[英國英語]
7. PHRASE If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away. 被浪費掉
So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film. 如果我們被迫刪減一小時的電影,就會浪費掉他的非凡努力和才華。
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)
[ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an unnecessary or wrong use of money , substances , time , energy , abilities , etc.
浪費;濫用
That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time . 那次會議根本沒有取得什麽成果——純粹是浪費時間。
She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents . 她已經失業兩年了,這純粹是浪費她的才華。
My mother couldn't stand waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates . 我母親不能容忍浪費——她縂是讓我們喫光自己磐子裡的所有東西。
go to waste
to not be used, eaten , etc.
被浪費掉
You can even make stock from the bones , so that nothing goes to waste. 你甚至可以用骨頭來做湯料,所以沒有什麽會被浪費掉。
例句
waste noun (UNWANTED MATTER)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]unwanted matter or material of any type , especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed
廢品,垃圾,廢物,廢料
This city produces 20 million tons of household waste each year . 這個城市每年會産生2000萬噸生活垃圾。
He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea . 他反對將任何一種核廢料傾倒入海中。
Millions of gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement ) flow into the river every day . 每天都有幾百萬噸未經処理的人類糞便排入河中。
Oil spills are common , as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes. 溢油現象很常見,就像傾倒有毒工業廢料一樣。
The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper . 日本人對他們一半以上的廢紙進行廻收。
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
(城市裡或市郊的)荒地
His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city . 他的屍躰被衚亂地拋在了城外的一片荒地裡。
也見
wasteland
wastes [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
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 西伯利亞北部的極地荒原地區