waste
n. 浪费, 废物, 损耗, 消耗, 荒地, 垃圾, 地面风化物 a. 废弃的, 荒芜的, 多余的 vt. 浪费, 消耗, 使荒芜 vi. 浪费, 消耗, 变消瘦
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教材释义与例句
浪费;废物;荒地;损耗;地面风化物
when something such as money or skills are not used in a way that is effective, useful, or sensible
浪费;消耗;使荒芜
to use more money, time, energy etc than is useful or sensible
浪费;变消瘦;挥霍钱财
释义与例句
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Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
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Excrement or urine.
可数 不可数The cage was littered with animal waste.
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A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
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A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
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A large tract of uncultivated land.
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The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
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A disused mine or part of one.
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The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
浪费
可数 不可数That was a waste of time!
Her life seemed a waste.
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Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
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Gradual loss or decay.
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A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
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Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
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A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
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Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
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A vast expanse of water.
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To devastate; to destroy.
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2.
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
浪费
白费
及物We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.
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To kill; to murder.
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To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
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To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
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To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
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To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
法律
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Useless and contemptible.
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Uncultivated, uninhabited.
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Barren; desert; empty.
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Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
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Superfluous; needless.
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Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Unfortunate; disappointing.
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词源
From Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *wōstī (“a waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”).
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