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waste waste ★★★★☆/we͟ɪst/1[VERB	动词]浪费；白费 If you waste something 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.   [V n -ing]  [V n on n]  [V n]  [a N of n]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。I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。The system wastes a large amount of water.这套系统浪费了大量的水。Waste is also a noun.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。I think that is a total waste of money.我认为那完全是浪费金钱。2[N-UNCOUNT	不可数名词]浪费；滥用；糟蹋 Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. The packets are measured to reduce waste...包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。I hate waste.我讨厌浪费。3[N-UNCOUNT	不可数名词]废物；废料 Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.   [also N in pl]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。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。...the process of eliminating body waste.身体排泄物的排出过程4[VERB	动词]错过(机会) If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.   [V n]  [V-ed]Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。It was a wasted opportunity.这是一个错失了的良机。5[VERB	动词]（因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益 If you say that something is wasted on someone, 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.   [be V-ed on n]  [usu passive]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。6[ADJ	形容词](尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的 Waste land 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.   [usu ADJ n]There was a patch of waste land behind the church...教堂的后面有一块荒地。Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。7[N-PLURAL	复数名词]荒漠；沙漠 Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals.   [adj N]...the barren wastes of the Sahara.贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠8See also:wasted；  9[PHRASE	短语]被浪费；被糟蹋掉 If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.   [V inflects]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。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。”10[PHRASE	短语]摧毁；把…变为荒地 If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.   [V inflects]The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...因传统工业衰落而没落的城市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。11[PHRASE	短语]勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it. ...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12 to waste your breath→see: breath； to waste no time→see: time； 相关词组：waste away  waste1 nounwaste2 verbwaste3 adjectivewastewaste1 /weɪst/ ●●● S2 W3 noun  Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1bad use [singular, uncountable] when something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensiblewaste of Being unemployed is such a waste of your talents. Many believe that state aid is a waste of taxpayers’ money. What a waste of all that good work! excessive waste in state spending2go to waste if something goes to waste, it is not used:  Don’t let all this food go to waste.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:  We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time.4unwanted materials [uncountable] unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something:  The emphasis now is on recycling waste. →nuclear waste, toxic waste5a waste of space spoken someone who has no good qualities6land wastes [plural] literary a large area of land where there are very few people, plants, or animalswaste of the icy wastes of Antarcticaicy/frozen/snowy etc wastes →waste ground, wastelandCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 4verbsrecycle waste· How much of our household waste is recycled?dispose of waste· environmentally friendly ways to dispose of wastedump waste· They were fined for illegally dumping waste.incinerate waste (=burn it)· For many years, solid waste was incinerated.reprocess waste (=treat radioactive waste so that it can be used again)· The plant reprocesses nuclear waste.adjectiveshousehold/domestic waste· Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.industrial/chemical waste· pollution caused by industrial wastehazardous/toxic waste· the illegal dumping of hazardous wasteradioactive/nuclear waste· plans for the safe transportation of radioactive wasteorganic waste (=waste from plants, fruits, and vegetables)· Organic waste can be composted to make garden fertilizer.human waste (=from people going to the toilet)· The prison was full of the smell of human waste.waste + NOUNa waste pipe· a washing machine waste pipewaste1 nounwaste2 verbwaste3 adjectivewastewaste2 ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive]  Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1not use sensibly to use more money, time, energy etc than is useful or sensible:  Leaving the heating on all the time wastes electricity.waste something on somebody/something Don’t waste your money on that junk!2not use fully to not make full use of someone or something:  Hannah is wasted in that clerical job. His talents were being wasted as a lawyer.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:  Her good advice was wasted on the children.4waste your breath spoken to say something that has no effect:  Don’t try to reason with Paul – you’re wasting your breath.5waste no time (in) doing something to do something as quickly as you can because it will help you:  He wasted no time in introducing himself.6waste not, want not spoken used to say that if you use what you have carefully, you will still have some of it if you need it later7harm somebody American English informal to kill someone, severely injure them, or defeat themwaste away phrasal verb to gradually become thinner and weaker, usually because you are illwaste1 nounwaste2 verbwaste3 adjectivewastewaste3 ●●○ W3 adjective [only before noun]  Word Origin Examples word sets Collocations Phrases Word family 1waste materials, substances etc are unwanted because the good part of them has been removed2waste land is empty or not looked after by anyone →wasteland, → lay wasteat lay2(11)

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         多么浪费纸啊！                            2        ★                  [singular          ]                          a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth            白费；糟蹋                                    ◆          These meetings are a complete            waste of time.                    这些会议完全是白费时间。                          ◆          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。                            materials        材料                    3        ★                  [uncountable          ]                          (          alsowastes                      [plural            ]                    )                          materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away            废料；废物；弃物；垃圾                                    ◆                      household/industrial waste                    生活垃圾；工业废料                          ◆          toxic wastes          有毒废物                          ◆                      waste disposal            (= the process of getting rid of waste)                    废物处理                            4                  (          also          ˌwaste ˈmatter          )                          [uncountable          ]                          material that the body gets rid of as solid or liquid material            粪便                                    ◆          The farmers use both animal and human waste as fertilizer.          农民把牲畜和人类的粪便都用作肥料。                            land        土地                    5        wastes                  [plural          ]                          (            formal)                    a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants            人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原                                    ◆          the frozen wastes of Siberia          西伯利亚的冻土荒原                            IDIOM              a waste of ˈspace                              (              informal)                        a person who is useless or no good at anything              无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶                                                                adjective        ★                    [usually before noun      ]              land        土地                    1        ★                  not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used            荒芜的；废弃的                                    SYN                                                    derelict                                                              ◆          The car was found on a piece of waste ground.          那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。                            materials        材料                    2        ★                  no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away            废弃的；丢弃的；无用的                                    ◆          waste plastic          废塑料                            IDIOM              lay sth ˈwaste | lay ˈwaste (to) sth                              (              formal)                        to destroy a place completely              彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地                                                      waste              /        weɪst                ;          NAmE                weɪst                /             waste[weɪst]wasted, wasting, wastesCET4CET6TEM4考研GREn19962023418441781411533309164j2176835919377966158v30671082314823394249918451603NOUN2356560836VERB2786448492ADJ2032712414Spoken:72878961wasted[15830] wastes[891] wasting[15970]浪费(69%)，废物(20%)，消耗(3%)，荒地(2%)，无用的(2%)，浪费的(2%)，荒芜的(1%)，滥用(1%)n.浪费；废物；荒地；损耗；地面风化物adj.废弃的；多余的；荒芜的vt.浪费；消耗；使荒芜vi.浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财

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Collins	waste ★★★★☆ /we͟ɪst/ 1 [VERB 动词]浪费；白费 If you waste something 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. [V n -ing] [V n on n] [V n] [a N of n] 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。 I resolved not to waste money on a hotel... 我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。 The system wastes a large amount of water. 这套系统浪费了大量的水。 Waste is also a noun. 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。 I think that is a total waste of money. 我认为那完全是浪费金钱。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]浪费；滥用；糟蹋 Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it. The packets are measured to reduce waste... 包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。 I hate waste. 我讨厌浪费。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]废物；废料 Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out. [also N in pl] 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。 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。 ...the process of eliminating body waste. 身体排泄物的排出过程 4 [VERB 动词]错过(机会) If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available. [V n] [V-ed] Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children... 咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。 It was a wasted opportunity. 这是一个错失了的良机。 5 [VERB 动词]（因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益 If you say that something is wasted on someone, 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. [be V-ed on n] [usu passive] 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。 6 [ADJ 形容词](尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的 Waste land 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. [usu ADJ n] There was a patch of waste land behind the church... 教堂的后面有一块荒地。 Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground. 田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。 7 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]荒漠；沙漠 Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals. [adj N] ...the barren wastes of the Sahara. 贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠 8 See also:wasted ； 9 [PHRASE 短语]被浪费；被糟蹋掉 If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away. [V inflects] 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。 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。” 10 [PHRASE 短语]摧毁；把…变为荒地 If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it. [V inflects] The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside. 这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。 ...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries... 因传统工业衰落而没落的城市 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。 11 [PHRASE 短语]勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it. ...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 12 to waste your breath→see: breath ； to waste no time→see: time ；相关词组： waste away
Oxford	waste ★ / weɪst ; NAmE weɪst / verb , noun , adjective waste wastes wasted wasting verb ★ not use well 使用不当 1 ★ to use more of sth than is necessary or useful 浪费；滥用 wastesth ◆ to waste time/food/energy 浪费时间╱食物╱能源 wastesth on sth ◆ Why waste money on clothes you don't need? 为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？ wastesth (in) doing sth ◆ She wasted no timein rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately). 她当即拒绝了提议。 ◆ You're wasting your timetrying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand). 你跟他解释是在浪费时间。 2 wastesth (on sb/sth) to give, say, use, etc. sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be 白费；糟蹋 ◆ 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。 ◆ 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。 3 ★ [usually passive ] to not make good or full use of sb/sth 未充分利用；使…屈才 wastesb/sth ◆ It was a wasted opportunity. 这白白浪费了一次机会。 wastesb/sth as sth ◆ 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。 kill sb 杀人 4 wastesb ( informal) ( especially NAmE) to get rid of sb, usually by killing them 干掉；把…废了；杀死 defeat sb 打败 5 wastesb ( NAmE) ( informal) to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水 IDIOMS waste your ˈbreath to say sth that nobody takes any notice of 白费唇舌 ˌwaste not, ˈwant not ( saying) if you never waste anything, especially food or money, you will always have it when you need it 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 PHRASAL VERB ˌwaste aˈway (of a person 人 ) to become thin and weak, especially because of illness （尤指因病）变得瘦弱 SYN become emaciated noun ★ not good use 非充分利用 1 ★ [uncountable , singular ] waste(of sth) the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, causing it to be lost or destroyed 浪费；滥用 ◆ I hate unnecessary waste. 我憎恨不必要的浪费。 ◆ It seems such a waste to throw good food away. 把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。 ◆ 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。 ◆ 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。 ◆ What a waste of paper! 多么浪费纸啊！ 2 ★ [singular ] a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth 白费；糟蹋 ◆ These meetings are a complete waste of time. 这些会议完全是白费时间。 ◆ 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。 materials 材料 3 ★ [uncountable ] ( alsowastes [plural ] ) materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾 ◆ household/industrial waste 生活垃圾；工业废料 ◆ toxic wastes 有毒废物 ◆ waste disposal (= the process of getting rid of waste) 废物处理 4 ( also ˌwaste ˈmatter ) [uncountable ] material that the body gets rid of as solid or liquid material 粪便 ◆ The farmers use both animal and human waste as fertilizer. 农民把牲畜和人类的粪便都用作肥料。 land 土地 5 wastes [plural ] ( formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原 ◆ the frozen wastes of Siberia 西伯利亚的冻土荒原 IDIOM a waste of ˈspace ( informal) a person who is useless or no good at anything 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物；饭桶 adjective ★ [usually before noun ] land 土地 1 ★ not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used 荒芜的；废弃的 SYN derelict ◆ The car was found on a piece of waste ground. 那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。 materials 材料 2 ★ no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的 ◆ waste plastic 废塑料 IDIOM lay sth ˈwaste \| lay ˈwaste (to) sth ( formal) to destroy a place completely 彻底毁坏（某地）；把…夷为平地 waste / weɪst ; NAmE weɪst /
LDC	waste1 noun waste2 verb waste3 adjective wastewaste1 /weɪst/ ●●● S2 W3 noun Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1bad use [singular, uncountable] when something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensiblewaste of Being unemployed is such a waste of your talents. Many believe that state aid is a waste of taxpayers’ money. What a waste of all that good work! excessive waste in state spending2go to waste if something goes to waste, it is not used: Don’t let all this food go to waste.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: We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time.4unwanted materials [uncountable] unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something: The emphasis now is on recycling waste. → nuclear waste , toxic waste 5a waste of space spoken someone who has no good qualities6land wastes [plural] literary a large area of land where there are very few people, plants, or animalswaste of the icy wastes of Antarcticaicy/frozen/snowy etc wastes → waste ground , wasteland COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 4verbsrecycle waste· How much of our household waste is recycled?dispose of waste· environmentally friendly ways to dispose of wastedump waste· They were fined for illegally dumping waste.incinerate waste (=burn it)· For many years, solid waste was incinerated.reprocess waste (=treat radioactive waste so that it can be used again)· The plant reprocesses nuclear waste.adjectiveshousehold/domestic waste· Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.industrial/chemical waste· pollution caused by industrial wastehazardous/toxic waste· the illegal dumping of hazardous wasteradioactive/nuclear waste· plans for the safe transportation of radioactive wasteorganic waste (=waste from plants, fruits, and vegetables)· Organic waste can be composted to make garden fertilizer.human waste (=from people going to the toilet)· The prison was full of the smell of human waste.waste + NOUNa waste pipe· a washing machine waste pipe waste1 noun waste2 verb waste3 adjective wastewaste2 ●●● S2 W3 verb [transitive] Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1not use sensibly to use more money, time, energy etc than is useful or sensible: Leaving the heating on all the time wastes electricity.waste something on somebody/something Don’t waste your money on that junk!2not use fully to not make full use of someone or something: Hannah is wasted in that clerical job. His talents were being wasted as a lawyer.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: Her good advice was wasted on the children.4waste your breath spoken to say something that has no effect: Don’t try to reason with Paul – you’re wasting your breath.5waste no time (in) doing something to do something as quickly as you can because it will help you: He wasted no time in introducing himself.6waste not, want not spoken used to say that if you use what you have carefully, you will still have some of it if you need it later7harm somebody American English informal to kill someone, severely injure them, or defeat themwaste away phrasal verb to gradually become thinner and weaker, usually because you are ill waste1 noun waste2 verb waste3 adjective wastewaste3 ●●○ W3 adjective [only before noun] Word Origin Examples word sets Collocations Phrases Word family 1waste materials, substances etc are unwanted because the good part of them has been removed2waste land is empty or not looked after by anyone → wasteland , → lay waste at lay2(11)
WDF	waste [weɪst]wasted, wasting, wastes CET4CET6TEM4考研GRE n1996 20234 1844 1781 4115 3330 9164 j21768 359 19 37 79 66 158 v3067 10823 1482 3394 2499 1845 1603 NOUN2356 560836 VERB2786 448492 ADJ20327 12414 Spoken: 72878961 wasted[15830] wastes[891] wasting[15970] 浪费(69%)，废物(20%)，消耗(3%)，荒地(2%)，无用的(2%)，浪费的(2%)，荒芜的(1%)，滥用(1%) n.浪费；废物；荒地；损耗；地面风化物 adj.废弃的；多余的；荒芜的 vt.浪费；消耗；使荒芜 vi.浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财

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