英语词汇“waste”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-出国留学网

词汇

waste

释义

*waste¹

/weɪst ||; west/verb[T]

1 waste sth (on sb/sth);waste sth (in doing sth) to use or spend sth in a careless way or for sth that is not necessary 挥霍；浪费: She wastes a lot of money on cigarettes. 她把大量金钱浪费在香烟上。He wasted his time at university because he didn't work hard. 他大学时代的时间都浪费了，因为他没有用功读书。She wasted no time in decorating her new room (= she did it immediately). 她立即动手布置她的新居。

2 (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to give sth to sb who does not value it 将某物给不识货的人: Expensive wine is wasted on me. I don't even like it. 给我喝贵酒是浪费好东西─我根本就不喜欢喝。

*waste²

/weɪst ||; west/noun

1 [sing] a waste (of sth) using sth in a careless and unnecessary way 浪费；滥用: The seminar was a waste of time -- I'd heard it all before. 参加这个研讨会真是浪费时间─会上谈的内容我以前全都听过。It seems a waste to throw away all these old newspapers. 把这些旧报纸都扔掉似乎有点浪费。

2 [U] material, food, etc that is not needed and is therefore thrown away 废物；废料；垃圾: nuclear waste 核废料A lot of household waste can be recycled and reused. 许多家居废物都可以回收再用。 ☞Look at rubbish. 参看rubbish。

3 wastes [pl] (formal 正式) large areas of land that are not lived in and not used 荒原；不毛之地: the wastes of the Sahara desert 撒哈拉沙漠的荒原

go to waste to not be used and so thrown away and wasted 被浪费: I can't bear to see good food going to waste! 看着挺好的食物白白浪费掉我真受不了！

waste³

/weɪst ||; west/adj (only before a noun 只用于名词前)

1 (used about land) not used or not suitable for use; not looked after （指土地）荒芜的，未开垦的，不能使用的: There's an area of waste ground outside the town where people dump their rubbish. 镇外有一块荒地，人们在那里倒垃圾。

2 no longer useful; that is thrown away 无用的；抛弃的: waste paper 废纸waste material 废料

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