一、详细释义：


adj.

毫无价值的


例句：

He was rubbish at his job.

他的工作做得差劲极了。


例句：

I tried playing golf, but I was rubbish.

我试过打高尔夫球，但是我的球技太烂了。


n.

垃圾，废物


例句：

We throw away too much rubbish.

我们扔掉的垃圾太多。


例句：

Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish.

有些渔夫不走运，他们没钓鱼，钓着的却是破皮靴或废物。


例句：

Our job is to clear away the rubbish.

我们的工作是清除这些垃圾。


废话


例句：

He's talking rubbish.

他胡说八道。


例句：

These reports are total and utter rubbish.

这些报告废话连篇。


v.

贬低，诋毁，将…说得一文不值 [T]


例句：

Five whole pages of script were devoted to rubbishing her political opponents.

整整5页讲稿都是对她的政敌的诋毁。


例句：

Officials have simply rubbished all positive ideas.

官员们对所有的正面意见一律否决。


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：


rubbish dump

垃圾堆


四、参考例句：


Please put the rubbish into the rubbish bin.

请把垃圾放进垃圾箱里。


She carried the rubbish away.

她把垃圾拿走了。


What utter rubbish he talks!

他完全是胡说！


'Rubbish,' I grunted.

“废话，”我嘟哝了一声。


There's a rubbish bin.

这有一个垃圾箱。


He was rubbish at his job.

他的工作做得差劲极了。


He has disposed of the rubbish properly.

他已经适当地处理了垃圾。


Put your rubbish in the bin.

把你的垃圾放进箱子。


We throw away too much rubbish.

我们扔掉的垃圾太多。


Throw the rubbish into the trash bin.

垃圾扔进垃圾箱里。