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🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/NAmE /weɪst/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they waste BrE /weɪst/ NAmE /weɪst/present simple - he / she / it wastes BrE /weɪsts/ NAmE /weɪsts/past simple wasted BrE /ˈweɪstɪd/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪd/past participle wasted BrE /ˈweɪstɪd/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪd/ -ing form wasting BrE /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈweɪstɪŋ/➤not use well 使用不当🔑 to use more of sth than is necessary or useful 浪费；滥用◆~ sthto waste time/food/energy 浪费时间/食物/能源◆~ sth on sthWhy waste money on clothes you don't need? 为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？◆~ sth (in) doing sthShe wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately). 她当即拒绝了提议。◆You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand). 你跟他解释是在浪费时间。~ sth (on sb/sth) to give, say, use, etc. sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be 白费；糟蹋◆Don't waste your sympathy on him—he got what he deserved. 别把你的同情心白白浪费在他的身上，他是咎由自取。◆Her comments were not wasted on Chris (= he understood what she meant). 她对克里斯的一席话没有白费。🔑 [usually passive] to not make good or full use of sb/sth 未充分利用；使…屈才◆~ sb/sthIt was a wasted opportunity. 这白白浪费了一次机会。◆~ sb/sth as sthYou're wasted as a sales manager—you should have been an actor. 你当销售经理屈才了，你本应该做演员。➤kill sb 杀人~ sb(informal, especially NAmE) to get rid of sb, usually by killing them 干掉；把…废了；杀死➤defeat sb 打败~ sb(NAmE, informal) to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水 ●waste your ˈbreathto say sth that nobody takes any notice of 白费唇舌●ˌwaste not, ˈwant not(saying) if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 ●ˌwaste aˈway(of a person 人) to become thin and weak, especially because of illness （尤指因病）变得瘦弱 ➡ see also emaciated 🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/NAmE /weɪst/ noun➤not good use 非充分利用🔑 [U, sing.] ~ (of sth) the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, causing it to be lost or destroyed 浪费；滥用◆I hate unnecessary waste. 我憎恨不必要的浪费。◆It seems such a waste to throw good food away. 把好好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。◆I hate to see good food go to waste (= be thrown away). 我不愿看到好好的食物被扔掉。◆The report is critical of the department's waste of resources. 报告批评了这个部门对资源的浪费。◆What a waste of paper! 多么浪费纸啊！🔑 [sing.] a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth 白费；糟蹋◆These meetings are a complete waste of time. 这些会议完全是白费时间。◆They believe the statue is a waste of taxpayers' money. 他们认为这座雕像糟蹋了纳税人的钱。➤materials 材料🔑 [U] (also wastes [pl.]) materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾◆household/industrial waste 生活垃圾；工业废料◆toxic wastes 有毒废物◆waste disposal (= the process of getting rid of waste) 废物处理 drain, dump, effluent, exhaust, fly-tip, incinerator, landfill, rubbish, waste, waste (also ˌwaste ˈmatter) [U] material that the body gets rid of as solid or liquid material 粪便◆The farmers use both animal and human waste as fertilizer. 农民把牲畜和人类的粪便都用作肥料。➤land 土地wastes [pl.] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原◆the frozen wastes of Siberia 西伯利亚的冻土荒原●a waste of ˈspace(informal) a person who is useless or no good at anything 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶 🔑 wasteBrE /weɪst/NAmE /weɪst/ adjective [usually before noun] ➤land 土地🔑 not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used 荒芜的；废弃的 SYN derelict ◆The car was found on a piece of waste ground. 那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。➤materials 材料🔑 no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的◆waste plastic 废塑料●lay sth ˈwaste●lay ˈwaste (to) sth(formal) to destroy a place completely 彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地 |