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waste n.废物；浪费；荒地v.浪费；滥用；消耗adj.荒芜的；无用的；浪费的 (1) 城市垃圾倒在海里处理掉。(2) 安全处置核废料是个大问题。(3) 和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。(4) 做这样千篇一律的工作,是浪费了她的才能。(5) 这城市被焚毁成废墟。(6) 他的所有努力都白费了。(7) 我不愿浪费你的时间。(8) 不要糟踏这样一个千载难逢的机会。(9) 他久病体弱。(10) 他们正在使荒地变为稻田。(11) 工厂里的废水在流入河里之前应该经过处理。(12) 学生会在校园里发起一场反对浪费的运动。(13) 追求完美的人与那些爱拖延的人浪费的时间一样多。 As a noun, waste, meaning “desolate regions” stems from the Old English westen, meaning “a desert, wilderness.” Later, it came to imply a “useless activity,” and even later than that, “refuse matter,” or “trash.” As a verb, waste “devastate, ruin,” comes from the Latin vastare, “to lay waste.” It later adopted the sense of “spend or consume uselessly.” It can also mean “to kill.” The poet E. E. Cummings said, “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”

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英 [weɪst] 美 [weɪst] (1) The city waste is disposed of in the sea.(2) The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.(3) It's only a waste of time to speak to her.(4) The routine work is a waste of her talents.(5) The city was burnt to a desolate waste.(6) All his efforts were wasted.(7) I don't like to waste your time.(8) Don't waste such a golden opportunity.(9) His body was wasted by long illness.(10) They are turning waste land into paddy fields.(11) Waste water from factories should be treated before flowing into rivers.(12) The Students' Union waged a compaign against waste on the campus.(13) Perfectionists can waste just as much time as procrastinators. If waste is useless, then to waste is to fritter away. Don't waste time putting your waste paper in the waste basket, just chuck it in the recycling bin. 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

英语单词	waste
英美音标	英 [weɪst] 美 [weɪst]
中文释义	n.废物；浪费；荒地 v.浪费；滥用；消耗 adj.荒芜的；无用的；浪费的
英语例句	(1) The city waste is disposed of in the sea. (2) The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem. (3) It's only a waste of time to speak to her. (4) The routine work is a waste of her talents. (5) The city was burnt to a desolate waste. (6) All his efforts were wasted. (7) I don't like to waste your time. (8) Don't waste such a golden opportunity. (9) His body was wasted by long illness. (10) They are turning waste land into paddy fields. (11) Waste water from factories should be treated before flowing into rivers. (12) The Students' Union waged a compaign against waste on the campus. (13) Perfectionists can waste just as much time as procrastinators.
中文例句	(1) 城市垃圾倒在海里处理掉。 (2) 安全处置核废料是个大问题。 (3) 和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。 (4) 做这样千篇一律的工作,是浪费了她的才能。 (5) 这城市被焚毁成废墟。 (6) 他的所有努力都白费了。 (7) 我不愿浪费你的时间。 (8) 不要糟踏这样一个千载难逢的机会。 (9) 他久病体弱。 (10) 他们正在使荒地变为稻田。 (11) 工厂里的废水在流入河里之前应该经过处理。 (12) 学生会在校园里发起一场反对浪费的运动。 (13) 追求完美的人与那些爱拖延的人浪费的时间一样多。
vocabulary简明	If waste is useless, then to waste is to fritter away. Don't waste time putting your waste paper in the waste basket, just chuck it in the recycling bin.
vocabulary扩展	As a noun, waste, meaning “desolate regions” stems from the Old English westen, meaning “a desert, wilderness.” Later, it came to imply a “useless activity,” and even later than that, “refuse matter,” or “trash.” As a verb, waste “devastate, ruin,” comes from the Latin vastare, “to lay waste.” It later adopted the sense of “spend or consume uselessly.” It can also mean “to kill.” The poet E. E. Cummings said, “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
柯林斯解释	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

Waste N Time [V I Wasted Land Verb