waste
[weist]
n.废物, 浪费, 荒地
v.浪费, 滥用, 消耗
adj.荒芜的, 无用的, 浪费的
例句与用法:
All his efforts were wasted.
他的所有努力都白费了。
It's only a waste of time to speak to her.
和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。
词形变化:
动词过去式: wasted | 动词过去分词: wasted | 动词现在分词: wasting | 动词第三人称单数: wastes |
vt.
1. 浪费; 滥用; 未充分利用[(+on)]
Don't waste your time and energy on trifles.
别把你的时间和精力浪费在琐事上。
2. 消耗; 使消瘦; 使衰弱
3. 使荒芜; 使荒废
The drought wasted the land.
旱灾使田地荒芜。
4. 【俚】杀害, 谋杀
vi.
1. 被浪费
2. 消瘦[(+away)]
She is wasting away from an illness.
她因病消瘦了。
n.
1. 浪费; 滥用[U][S][(+of)]
Doing such a job is a waste of his talents.
做这种工作是在浪费他的才能。
2. 废(弃)物; 废料[U][P1], 排泄物
A lot of poisonous waste from the chemical works polluted the river.
化工厂的许多有毒废料污染这条河。
3. 荒地, 荒野[P1]
Few animals can exist in the frozen wastes of the Arctic.
几乎没有动物能在北极洲冰封的荒芜地区生存。
4. 一大片[S]
5. 消耗, 损耗; 毁坏[U]
6. 忽略不用, 错过[U]
a.
1. 废弃的, 无用的
Throw out that waste paper.
把废纸扔掉。
2. 盛放废物的, 排除废物的
3. 荒芜的; 荒废的; 未开垦的
It was a stretch of waste land.
那是一片荒地。
短语词组:
waste away
1. 消瘦
He is wasting away from disease.
他因病消瘦不少。
Waste not, want not.
1. 不浪费, 不缺钱。
go to waste
1. 被浪费掉
It's a shame to let that food go to waste.
浪费食物太可耻了。
lay waste to
1. 损毁
They did not expect the invaders to lay waste to their civilization.
他们没有料到侵略者会破坏他们的文明。
waste
过去式:wasted
过去分词:wasted
现在进行时:wasting
名词复数:wastes
词形变化:
动词过去式: wasted | 动词过去分词: wasted | 动词现在分词: wasting | 动词第三人称单数: wastes |
同义词:
rubbish | garbage | consume | squander | spend | dregs | refuse | exhaust | scraps | desolation | consumption | expend | loss | dissipate | devour | solitude | rust | moon | blow | up | remainder | shell | use | devastate | barren | use up | ravage | litter | excess | surplus | unwanted | uncultivated | trash | pine | atrophy | scrap | desert | badlands | wilderness | wastefulness | dissipation | thriftlessness | waste product | emaciate | scourge | permissive waste | waste matter | languish | do in | waste material | liquidate | knock off | wasteland | run off | neutralise | godforsaken | neutralize | lay waste to | rot | wild | ware | pine away | desolate | macerate | debris | junk |
反义词:
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.浪费; 花费; 耗尽
spend
squander
consume
exhaust
use up
vt.垃圾; 废物
garbage
refuse
scraps
dregs
rubbish
同义参见:
refuse2
devour
remainder
dissipate
scrap1
consumption
desolation
solitude
loss
pine2
shell
rust
expend
moon
反义:
vt.vi.浪费
save
反义参见:
spare
thrift
save1
accumulate
waste[weist]vt.1.■毁坏,使毁灭;使荒芜:In the northwest of China, long dry periods wasted the land.在中国西北,长期的干旱使土地荒废了。2.■消耗;损耗:This machine wastes a lot of energy.这台机器消耗能源很大。3.■使衰弱;使消瘦:a man wasted by age and disease被岁月和疾病折磨得憔悴的人4.■浪费;滥用;虚耗:Please pay special attention to it, or we'll waste our efforts.请格外专心去做,否则咱们的努力白费了。5.■未充分利用:to waste an opportunity错过了(一次)机会6.■[美军俚语]使严重伤害;毁坏;干掉;消灭;杀死;尤指:凶杀;谋杀:The guy was wasted last month.那家伙上个月被干掉了。vi.1.■消瘦;变衰弱(常与 away 连用):a wasting disease消耗性疾病2.■消耗:The electricity wastes because they often forget to turn it off.因为他们常常忘记关电源,所以费电。3.■[罕用语](时间逐渐地)流逝:Time is wasting too fast.时光飞逝。4.■浪费;未被充分利用adj.1.■未开垦的;不毛的,荒芜的;荒凉的2.■废弃的,无用的3.■多余的;剩余的4.■体内排泄的5.■排除废物的;盛放废物的n.1.■处女地;不毛之地;沙漠2.■3.■荒凉的旷野4.■无边的海洋;茫茫大海5.■浪费;滥用;尤指6.■挥霍(金钱);虚度(时光)7.■未充分利用(某物)8.■损耗;消耗9.■废物,垃圾10.■粪便11.■废棉纱头12.■[罕用语、废语]废墟13.■【地理学】(水流冲走地面的)风化物近义词desertbadlandswildernessa waste of waters一片汪洋;茫茫大海cut to waste(衣服)裁剪得浪费糟踏,浪费(时间)go (或 run) to waste浪费,糟踏;未被利用;(工作等)自做;(慈爱等感情)白费,付诸东流lay waste (to)糟踏,毁坏;使成废墟;使荒废lie waste(土地等)荒废,荒芜;尚未开垦run to waste=go to wasteWaste not, want not.[谚语]不浪费,不愁缺。[常用于说话者准备使用或拾取别人丢弃或遗失物品的场合]Wilful waste makes woeful want.任意浪费肯定招致可悲的匮乏。变形vt.wastedwasting
wastewaste[weist]n.1.■浪费2.■消耗; 耗损3.■废(弃)物, 废料4.■废纱, 纱头5.■一片荒凉[空旷]; [常用复]荒地; 沙漠; 海洋6.■垃圾; 污水; [复]粪便7.■被破坏的地方、城镇等; 废墟8.■尾矿, 矸石, 岩屑waste of time浪费时间waste and repair损耗和修复the wastes of the Sahara撒哈拉沙漠kitchen waste厨房的废物The city was burnt to a desolate waste.这城市被焚毁成废墟。
词性变化wasteadj.1.■荒芜[废]的, 荒凉的2.■废弃的, 无用的, 多余的; 排泄的3.■[喻]贫乏的; 单调的waste energy无用的精力waste heat余热waste products废品wastevt.1.■浪费2.■破坏(农作物); 使荒芜3.■消耗, 使衰弱waste money浪费钱All his efforts were wasted.他的努力全都白费了。He was wasted by disease.他因患病而虚弱。The soldiers wasted the fields.那些士兵糟蹋了田地。wastevi.1.■消耗; 瘦弱2.■浪费3.■(时间)消逝Turn the water off. Don't let it waste.把水关上, 别让它白白流掉。She is -ting away for lack of good food.她因饮食不佳而渐渐消瘦。
继承用法wastebasket[ˈweɪstˌbɑ:skɪt; -ˌbæs-]n.1.■[美]废字纸篓wastebin[ˈweɪstbɪn]n.1.■废物箱, 垃圾桶wastebuttn.1.■客栈(或酒馆)的老板2.■[谑]小饭店waste-disposern.1.■废料堆场, 废石场; 渣堆wastelandn.1.■荒地; 未开垦的土地; 废墟2.■(生活等的)贫乏, 单调wastepaper[ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə(r)]n.1.■废纸wasteless[ˈweɪstlɪs]adj.1.■用不尽的, 无穷的waster[ˈweistə]n.1.■浪费者, 挥霍者, 浪子; [口]无用的人2.■废[次]品
verb
- [with obj.]use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
浪费,挥霍
we can't afford to waste electricity.
我们浪费不起电。
I don't use the car, so why should I waste precious money on it?.
我用不着汽车,那我为什么要浪费宝贵金钱去买呢?。
■(一般作 be wasted on)bestow or expend on an unappreciative recipient
白费
her small talk was wasted on this guest.
她跟那位客人的闲聊算白费了。
■(一般作 be wasted)fail to make full or good use of
未能充分(或很好)利用
we're wasted in this job.
做这工作我们完全是白费了。
■deliberately dispose of (surplus stock)
故意消耗(过量的库存) - [no obj.](of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated
(人,身体部位)逐渐变虚弱;变消瘦
she was dying of Aids, visibly wasting away.
她患艾滋病临近死亡,身体明显消瘦了。
[as adj. wasting]a wasting disease.
消耗性疾病。
■[with obj.](archaic)cause to do this
(古)使虚弱;使日益消瘦
these symptoms wasted the patients very much.
这些症状使得病人极度虚弱。 - [with obj.](poetic/literary)devastate or ruin (a place)
(诗/文)破坏,毁坏(地方)
he seized their cattle and wasted their country.
他掠取他们的家畜,毁掉他们的家园。
■(N. Amer. informal)kill or severely injure (someone)
(北美,非正式)杀死;使…受重伤 - [no obj.](poetic/literary)(of time) pass away; be spent
(诗/文)(时间)流逝,被花掉
the years were wasting.
岁月流逝。
[attrib.]
- (of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process
(材料,物质,副产品)废弃的;丢弃的
ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly.
确保废弃的材料得到负责任的处理。
plants produce oxygen as a waste product.
植物产生的废弃物是氧气。 - (of an area of land, typically in a city or town) not used, cultivated, or built on
(一块土地,尤指城镇土地)闲置的,荒芜的
a patch of waste ground.
一块闲置的空地。
- an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
浪费;损耗
it's a waste of time trying to argue with him.
跟他争论简直是浪费时间。
[mass noun]they had learned to avoid waste.
他们已经学会怎样避免浪费。
■[mass noun](archaic)the gradual loss or diminution of something
(古)逐步损失(或减退)
he was pale and weak from waste of blood.
由于失血,他脸色苍白、身体虚弱。 - [mass noun]material that is not wanted; the unusable remains or by-products of something
弃物;废料
nuclear waste.
核废料。
hazardous industrial wastes.
有害的工业废料。 - (一般作 wastes)a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
(尤指无人居住的)大片荒地
the icy wastes of the Antarctic.
南极洲大片冰雪覆盖的荒地。 - [mass noun](Law)damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life-tenant
(律)(尤指因租借人的行为或疏忽而导致)不动产的损坏 - short for waste pipe
waste pipe的简称
go to waste
- be unused or expended to no purpose
被浪费掉
- completely destroy
完全毁坏
a land laid waste by war.
被战争完全毁坏的国家。
- 见 breath
- (informal)a person perceived as useless or incompetent
(非正式)无用之人,无能之辈
- (proverb)if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance you will never be in need
(谚)不浪费,不愁缺
- 见 word
adjective
语源
- Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus 'unoccupied, uncultivated'
waste
名词 waste:
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
同义词:waste material, waste matter, waste product
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
同义词:wastefulness, dissipation
the trait of wasting resources
同义词:thriftlessness, wastefulness
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
同义词:permissive waste
动词 waste:
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
use inefficiently or inappropriately
get rid of
run off as waste
同义词:run off
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
同义词:neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in
spend extravagantly
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
cause to grow thin or weak
devastate or ravage
同义词:lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
waste away
同义词:rot
形容词 waste:
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
同义词:desert, godforsaken, wild
waste
■"Waste not, want not" is a popular maxim.
"勤俭节约,吃穿不缺"是一条盛行的座右铭。
■"Haste makes waste" is a proverb.
"欲速则不达"是一句谚语。
■"Waste not, want not" is her favorite maxim.
“不浪费则不匮乏”是她特别喜爱的格言。
■"Man, you sure waste matches," he said accusingly.
“伙计,你一定糟踏了许多火柴,”他责备地说。
■A shallow body of liquid waste material, as one in a dump.
一洼废水由废弃物质充斥的浅水体,如在垃圾堆中
■God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline?
上帝饶恕我们的罪恶!你是跟罗瑟琳在一起吗?
■That cannot be recovered, especially from waste materials or ore.
不能收回的不能被收回的,尤指废的材料或矿石
■Don't waste time on niggling details.
不要为琐事浪费时间。
■Don't wast your time on such trifles.
不要为这种琐事浪费时间.
■Don't waste time on domestic trivialities.
不要在家常琐事上浪费时间。
■Don't waste energy fussing over a minor matter.
不要在微小的事情浪费精力。
■Don't waste your time on trivial things.
不要把你的时间浪费在琐事上。
■Don't wast your time on these trifles.
不要把你的时间浪费在这些琐事上。
■Don't waste time on nonessentials.
不要把时间浪费在枝节事情上。
■Don't waste our energies.Let's join hands in the business.
不要浪费精力了,咱们一起干吧。
■Don't waste taxpayer's money, deport Gaoshan now!
不要浪费纳税人金钱,马上遣返高山!
■Don't waste such a golden opportunity.
不要糟踏这样一个千载难逢的机会。
■Don't let all this good food go to waste!
不要让这些好吃的东西白白浪费掉!
■So the scraps were thrown on to the waste heap.
于是这些碎片被扔进了废品堆。
■He would not permit the waste of a single grain.
他不允许浪费-粒粮食。
■He does not know how to make use of this waste gas.
他不知如何利用这种废气。
■They dispose of the city's waste in the sea.
他们把城市的废物倒入大海处理掉。
■They are turning waste land into paddy fields.
他们正在使荒地变为稻田。
■They did not expect the invaders to lay waste to their civilization.
他们没有料到侵略者会破坏他们的文明。
■They deemed it sheer waste of time arguing about it.
他们觉得争论这件事纯粹是浪费时间。
■He doesnot half waste money.
他很浪费钱财。
■His father scolded him for his sinful waste of time.
他的父亲责备他极不应该浪费时间。
■He decried her efforts (as a waste of time).
他贬低她所作的努力(认为是浪费时间).
■He made a considerable fortune selling waste materials.
他靠卖废料发了大财。
■My summer holidays were a complete wast of time, before.
以前我的暑假整个浪费掉了。
■Waste from the body passes out from the bowels.
体内的废物从肠道排出。
■You can ill afford to waste your money.
你是经不起浪费你的金钱的。
■You have no reason to waste your time.
你没有任何理由浪费时间。
■If you want to waste your money, that's your own look-out.
你要乱花钱,那是你的事。
■If you want to waste your money, that's your own lookout.
你要乱花钱,那是你自己的事。
■The invading armies laid waste the countryside.
侵略军把这一乡间地区夷为平地。
■When you eat bread in Bulgaria, don not waste any.
保加利亚人认为浪费面包是无法赎回的罪过.
■To do this kind of job is a waste of his talent.
做这样的工作是对他才能的浪费。
■Do such a job is a waste of his talent.
做这种工作是在浪费他的才能。
■It's a waste of time to wait any longer.
再等下去是白费时间。
■Don't waste time on trifles.
别为琐事浪费时间。
■Don't waste my time anymore.
别再浪费我的时间了!
■Stop playing about with those girls, you can't afford to waste any more tine.
别在同那些女孩子瞎混了,你可再不能浪费时间了。
■Don't waste your time and energy on trifles.
别把你的时间和精力浪费在琐事上。
■Don't waste your time on frivolous matters.
别把时间浪费在无足轻重的事情上。
■Don't waste time on these lesser matters.
别把时间浪费在那些无关紧要的事情上。
■Don't waste your breath trying to persuade him.
别白费口舌去劝他了。
■The chimney is no longer giving off volumes of waste gas into the atmosphere, as protective filters are being used.
加装了防护过滤器以后,这烟囟已不再散发成股的废气到大气中去了。
■A lot of poisonous waste from the chemical works polluted the river.
化工厂的许多有毒废料污染这条河。
■The kitchen waste can be composted.
厨房的垃圾可以做成堆肥。
waste away
1. 消瘦
He is wasting away from disease.
他因病消瘦不少。
Waste not, want not.
1. 不浪费, 不缺钱。
go to waste
1. 被浪费掉
It's a shame to let that food go to waste.
浪费食物太可耻了。
lay waste to
1. 损毁
They did not expect the invaders to lay waste to their civilization.
他们没有料到侵略者会破坏他们的文明。
习惯用语a waste of waters1.■茫茫大海; 一片汪洋cut to waste1.■剪裁得浪费(指衣服); [转]浪费, 糟蹋(时间)go [run] to waste1.■糟蹋, 浪费掉; [喻](感情)白费, (工作等)白做lay waste1.■糟蹋; 毁坏; 使成废墟lie waste1.■(土地等)荒芜, 尚未开垦Wilful waste makes woeful want.1.■任意浪费必然招致可悲的贫乏。W-not, want not.1.■[谚]不浪费, 不愁缺; 俭以防匮。waste away1.■日益消瘦, 日渐衰弱特殊用法acid mine drainage waste1.■矿山酸性排水acrylonitrile waste1.■(含)丙烯腈废液agricultural processing waste1.■农业加工废物alpha-emitting waste1.■α放射性废物ammonia base sulfite waste1.■亚硫酸铵废水atomic waste1.■原子能(工业)废物bituminized waste1.■沥青(固)化废物body waste1.■物质损耗carbon-rich waste1.■富碳废物cellulosic waste1.■纤维质废物combustible waste1.■可燃废物composite waste1.■混合废水cool waste1.■低放射性废物crumpled waste1.■揉皱损纸deleterious waste1.■有害废物; 有毒废物dyehouse waste1.■印染厂废水economic waste1.■经济浪费filament waste1.■碎片废料floor waste1.■洒溅损耗fluoride waste1.■含氟废物gaseous radiation waste1.■气体辐射废物gelatin waste1.■废动物胶ground waste1.■压碎的废料; 粉碎的废胶hard waste1.■【纺】硬回丝heat-treating waste1.■热处理废物high level waste1.■强放射性废物immobilized waste1.■固定废物irrigation operation waste1.■灌溉用水损失journal box cotton waste1.■轴箱油棉纱kier waste1.■漂煮废物logging waste1.■砍伐损失nuclear waste1.■原子能工业废料oxidation waste1.■氧化损失oxygen-demanding waste1.■需氧废物petroleum processing waste1.■石油加工废物printed waste1.■废印刷纸radioactive waste1.■放射性废物sand waste1.■砂滩thawing waste1.■解冻损耗thread waste1.■【纺】回丝toxic waste1.■有毒废物trade waste1.■工业废水vat waste1.■沉积残渣[废料]voluntary waste1.■(对租得的不动产的)故意损害