waste

英 [weɪst]

美 [weɪst]

v.  浪费; 滥用; 白费; 糟蹋; 未充分利用; 使…屈才
n.  浪费; 滥用; 白费; 糟蹋; 废料; 废物; 弃物; 垃圾
adj.  荒芜的; 废弃的; 丢弃的; 无用的

现在分词：wasting　过去分词：wasted　复数：wastes　过去式：wasted　第三人称单数：wastes　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTSGRE

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1624 / COCA.1986

同义词辨析

garbagedebrisjunklitterrubbishwaste【导航词义：废弃物，垃圾】

短语动词

短语用例

waste away

• （尤指因病）变得瘦弱
  to become thin and weak, especially because of illness

习惯用语

v.

waste your breath
• 白费唇舌
  to say sth that nobody takes any notice of
waste not, want not
• 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
  if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it

n.

a waste of space
• 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶
  a person who is useless or no good at anything

adj.

lay sth wastelay waste (to) sth
• 彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地
  to destroy a place completely

牛津词典

verb

使用不当 not use well
• 浪费；滥用
  to use more of sth than is necessary or useful
  1. to waste time/food/energy
     浪费时间 / 食物 / 能源
  2. Why waste money on clothes you don't need?
     为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？
  3. She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
     她当即拒绝了提议。
  4. 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。
• 白费；糟蹋
  to give, say, use, etc. sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 未充分利用；使…屈才
  to not make good or full use of sb/sth
  1. It was a wasted opportunity.
     这白白浪费了一次机会。
  2. You'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。
杀人 kill sb
• 干掉；把…废了；杀死
  to get rid of sb, usually by killing them
打败 defeat sb
• （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水
  to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition

noun

非充分利用 not good use
• 浪费；滥用
  the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, causing it to be lost or destroyed
  1. I hate unnecessary waste.
     我憎恨不必要的浪费。
  2. It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
     把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. What a waste of paper!
     多么浪费纸啊！
• 白费；糟蹋
  a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth
  1. These meetings are a complete waste of time .
     这些会议完全是白费时间。
  2. 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。
材料 materials
• 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾
  materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away
  1. household/industrial waste
     家庭垃圾；工业废料
  2. toxic wastes
     有毒废物
  3. waste disposal (= the process of getting rid of waste)
     废物处理
土地 land
• 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原
  a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants
  1. the frozen wastes of Siberia
     西伯利亚的冻土荒原

adj.

土地 land
• 荒芜的；废弃的
  not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used
  1. The car was found on a piece of waste ground.
     那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。
材料 materials
• 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的
  no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away
  1. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
     工厂里的污水被抽到了附近的河里。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 浪费;白费
  If youwastesomething such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed.
  1. There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...
     原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
  2. I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...
     我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。
  3. The system wastes a large amount of water.
     这套系统浪费了大量的水。
  4. Wasteis also a noun.
     
  5. It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints...
     一点小毛病就去看医生是浪费时间。
  6. I think that is a total waste of money.
     我认为那完全是浪费金钱。
• N-UNCOUNT 浪费;滥用;糟蹋
  Wasteis the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.
  1. The packets are measured to reduce waste...
     包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
  2. I hate waste.
     我讨厌浪费。
• N-UNCOUNT 废物;废料
  Wasteis material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.
  1. Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...
     国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。
  2. 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。
  3. ...the process of eliminating body waste.
     身体排泄物的排出过程
• VERB 错过(机会)
  If youwastean opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
  1. Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
     咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
  2. It was a wasted opportunity.
     这是一个错失了的良机。
• VERB （因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益
  If you say that somethingis wasted onsomeone, you mean that there is no point giving it or telling it to them as they will not appreciate, understand, or pay any attention to it.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的
  Wasteland is land, especially in or near a city, which is not used or looked after by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.
  1. There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
     教堂的后面有一块荒地。
  2. 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-PLURAL 荒漠;沙漠
  Wastesare a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals.
  1. ...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
     贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠
• See also:wasted
• PHRASE 被浪费;被糟蹋掉
  If somethinggoes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.
  1. So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...
     如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
  2. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
     “墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”
• PHRASE 摧毁;把…变为荒地
  If something or someonelays wastean area or town orlays waste toit, they completely destroy it.
  1. The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
     这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
  2. ...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...
     因传统工业衰落而没落的城市
  3. The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
     蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。
• PHRASE 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
  The expressionwaste not, want notmeans that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it.
  1. ...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.
     为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家
• towasteyourbreath→ see:breath

英英释义

noun

• useless or profitless activity
  1. if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
  2. mindless dissipation of natural resources
  Synonym:wastefulnessdissipation
• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
  Synonym:permissive waste
• the trait of wasting resources
  1. a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
  2. the wastefulness of missed opportunities
  Synonym:thriftlessnesswastefulness
• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  1. the barrens of central Africa
  2. the trackless wastes of the desert
  Synonym:barrenwasteland
• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  1. they collect the waste once a week
  2. much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
  Synonym:waste materialwaste matterwaste product

verb

• become physically weaker
  1. Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
  Synonym:rot
• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  Synonym:lay waste todevastatedesolateravagescourge
• cause to grow thin or weak
  1. The treatment emaciated him
  Synonym:emaciatemacerate
• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  1. After her husband died, she just pined away
  Synonym:pine awaylanguish
• spend extravagantly
  1. waste not, want not
  Synonym:consumesquanderware
• use inefficiently or inappropriately
  1. waste heat
  2. waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  1. The mafia liquidated the informer
  2. the double agent was neutralized
  Synonym:neutralizeneutraliseliquidateknock offdo in
• run off as waste
  1. The water wastes back into the ocean
  Synonym:run off
• get rid of
  1. We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
• spend thoughtlessly
  1. He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
  2. You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
  Synonym:blowsquander

adj

• located in a dismal or remote area
  1. a desert island
  2. a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
  3. a wild stretch of land
  4. waste places
  Synonym:godforsakenwild

双语例句

• Recycling also helps control environmental pollution by reducing the need for waste dumps.
  对废弃物的回收利用能够减少对垃圾场的需求，从而也有助于控制环境污染。
• Incineration plants should be built to burn household waste
  应该建立焚烧厂以焚毁日常生活垃圾。
• There was a patch of waste land behind the church
  教堂的后面有一块荒地。
• It seemed a pity to let it all go to waste.
  让这一切白白浪费掉，真是可惜了。
• The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
  这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
• 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。
• I hate waste.
  我讨厌浪费。
• So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film
  如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
• 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。
• Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
  对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。