一、详细释义:


adj.

废弃的,无用的,荒芜的,荒废的


例句:

There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

教堂的后面有一块荒地。


例句:

Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。


n.

浪费,白费,滥用,挥霍,糟蹋 [U]


例句:

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。


例句:

It's only a waste of time to speak to her.

和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。


废料,废品,废物 [U]


例句:

The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.

安全处置核废料是个大问题。


例句:

Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.

英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。


荒漠,沙漠


例句:

The school pool resources to buy an area of waste and turned it into a sports field.

学校集中使用资金以购买一片荒地,把它改建成运动场。


例句:

I am banished to the grey waste at the end of the world, but I mourn myself no longer.

我被放逐到灰色的荒地,在世界的尽头,但我不再为自己感到悲哀。


消耗,损耗 [U]


例句:

Sometimes tooling makes it harder to follow a process, and thus increases waste.

有时工具使得遵循一个进程变得更加困难,因此增加了消耗量。


v.

浪费,白费 [I,T]


例句:

Gallons of the stuff are going to waste.

大量的这种东西将被浪费掉。


例句:

I resolved not to waste money on a hotel.

我决心不住酒店,以免浪费钱。


使荒芜,荒废 [T]


例句:

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。


例句:

The farmers had to desert their homes and waste their land.

农民们不得不遗弃自己的家园,荒芜自己的土地。


(使)损耗,消耗,破坏 [I,T]


例句:

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。


例句:

This machine wastes a lot of energy.

这台机器消耗能源很大。


错过,使徒劳 [I,T]


例句:

This opportunity is too good to waste.

这个机遇千载难逢,绝不能错过。


例句:

All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.

他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。


(使)消瘦 [I,T]


例句:

His body was wasted by long illness.

他的身体由久病而消瘦了。


例句:

He is a man wasted by age and disease.

他是个被岁月和疾病折磨得憔悴的人。


干掉,大胜 [T]


例句:

The guy was wasted last month.

那家伙上个月被干掉了。


例句:

He tried to waste me.

他想把我干掉来着。


二、词义辨析:


waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk

这些名词均含“废物,垃圾”之意。 waste普通用词,概念广泛,指任何被丢弃的东西。 garbage主要指有机废料,包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。 rubbish普通用词,指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西,尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。 litter是四下乱丢物品的总称,尤指散落于地,有碍观瞻的废物。 debris着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片,也指零散的普通废品。 junk指回收的旧汽车或大型机器,也指毫无实用价值,或破烂物体,但不指垃圾。


三、相关短语:


waste pipe

n.污水管,废气管


permissive waste

通常损耗


radioactive waste

放射性废物


waste matter

废物


waste of energy

能量消耗


waste paper

废纸


waste product

废产物,废物


body waste

物质损耗


lay waste to

糟蹋


toxic waste

有毒废物


waste-paper basket

n. 字纸篓,废纸筐


waste material

【经】 废料


四、参考例句:


Never waste any food.

绝不要浪费食物。


Do not waste water.

不要浪费水。


Never waste anything, and above all never waste time.

任何东西都不要浪费,尤其是时间。


He tried to waste me.

他想把我干掉来着。


Don't waste the chalk.

不要浪费粉笔。


Throw the waste paper in the basket.

把废纸扔到纸篓里。


It's a waste of time.

那是浪费时间。


The city budget can afford no waste.

该市预算担负不起浪费。


He trades in rags and waste paper.

他做破旧衣服和废纸生意。


It's a sheer waste of time.

这纯粹是浪费时间。