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    waste 的英语意思

    wastewaste1 /weɪst/ noun 查看全部语言翻译1bad use [singular, uncountable] when something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensible金钱或技能等未被有效、合理、恰当地加以利用waste of Being unemployed is such a waste of your talents.失业真是对你才华的极大浪费。 Many believe that state aid is a waste of taxpayers’ money.许多人认为国家援助是对纳税人钱财的浪费。 What a waste of all that good work!那么多好的工作都付诸东流,真是浪费! excessive waste in state spending政府开支中的过度浪费2go to waste if something goes to waste, it is not used若某物付诸浪费,即意味着其未被使用:  Don’t let all this food go to waste.别让这些食物都白白浪费掉。3be a waste of time/money/effort etc to be not worth the time, money etc that you use because there is little or no result因几乎或毫无成效,所耗费的时间、金钱等不值得:  We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time.我们根本不该去的——那完全是浪费时间。4unwanted materials [uncountable] unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something使用某物后遗留的废弃材料或物质:  The emphasis now is on recycling waste.目前的重点是废物回收利用。 nuclear waste, toxic waste5a waste of space spoken口语 someone who has no good qualities毫无优点的人6land wastes [plural] literary文学 a large area of land where there are very few people, plants, or animals人烟稀少、植物和动物极少的大片土地waste of the icy wastes of Antarctica南极洲冰封的荒原icy/frozen/snowy etc wastes waste ground, wastelandCOLLOCATIONS词语搭配– Meaning 4— 释义 4verbs动词recycle waste· How much of our household waste is recycled?· 我们家庭废弃物中有多少被回收利用?dispose of waste· environmentally friendly ways to dispose of waste· 处理废物的环保方式dump waste· They were fined for illegally dumping waste.· 他们因非法倾倒废物而被罚款。incinerate waste (=burn it)· For many years, solid waste was incinerated.· 多年来,固体废物一直被焚烧处理。reprocess waste (=treat radioactive waste so that it can be used again)· The plant reprocesses nuclear waste.· 该工厂对核废料进行再处理。adjectives形容词household/domestic waste· Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.· 报纸和杂志占家庭废物的10%。industrial/chemical waste· pollution caused by industrial waste· 工业废物造成的污染hazardous/toxic waste· the illegal dumping of hazardous waste· 危险废物的非法倾倒radioactive/nuclear waste· plans for the safe transportation of radioactive waste· 放射性废物安全运输计划organic waste (=waste from plants, fruits, and vegetables)· Organic waste can be composted to make garden fertilizer.· 有机废物可堆肥用作园艺肥料。human waste (=from people going to the toilet)· The prison was full of the smell of human waste.· 监狱里充满了人类排泄物的气味。waste + NOUNwaste + 名词a waste pipe· a washing machine waste pipe· 洗衣机排水管
    wastewaste2 verb [transitive] 1not use sensibly to use more money, time, energy etc than is useful or sensible使用超过合理或必要限度的金钱、时间、精力等:  Leaving the heating on all the time wastes electricity.一直开着暖气会浪费电。waste something on somebody/something Don’t waste your money on that junk!别把钱浪费在那堆垃圾上!2not use fully to not make full use of someone or something未能充分发挥某人或某物的潜力:  Hannah is wasted in that clerical job.汉娜做文职工作太屈才了。 His talents were being wasted as a lawyer.他做律师,才华被白白埋没了。GRAMMAR Waste is usually passive in this meaning.3be wasted on somebody if something is wasted on someone, they do not understand how good or useful it is某事物对某人来说是浪费,即他们无法体会其好处或价值:  Her good advice was wasted on the children.她的忠告对孩子们来说完全是白费。4waste your breath spoken口语 to say something that has no effect说了也没有任何效果:  Don’t try to reason with Paul – you’re wasting your breath.别想着去跟保罗讲道理——那是白费口舌。5waste no time (in) doing something to do something as quickly as you can because it will help you因对自己有益而尽快去做某事:  He wasted no time in introducing himself.他立刻自我介绍。6waste not, want not spoken口语 used to say that if you use what you have carefully, you will still have some of it if you need it later用于表达若节约使用手中之物,日后需要时仍会有余7harm somebody American English informal非正式 to kill someone, severely injure them, or defeat them杀死、严重伤害或打败某人waste away phrasal verb to gradually become thinner and weaker, usually because you are ill通常因患病而逐渐变得消瘦虚弱
    wastewaste3 adjective [only before noun] 1waste materials, substances etc are unwanted because the good part of them has been removed废弃的材料、物质等,因其有用部分已被去除而不再需要2waste land is empty or not looked after by anyone荒地,指空无一物或无人管理的土地 wasteland, → lay waste at lay2(11)