waste
🇺🇸
/weɪst/
🇬🇧
/weɪst/
noun
B1
Using something carelessly so it is lost or destroyed
Leaving the lights on all day is a waste of electricity.
整天开着灯是对电力的浪费。
B1
Not worth spending time or money on something
Watching that movie was a waste of time.
看那部电影是浪费时间。
B1
Things that are thrown away because they are not needed
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
我们需要减少产生的废物量。
R
Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of
Animal waste can be used as fertilizer for plants.
动物排泄物可以用作植物的肥料。
R
A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
The desert is a vast waste of sand and rock.
沙漠是一片广阔的沙石荒地。
verb
B1
To use more of something than needed
Don't waste water by leaving the tap running.
不要让水龙头一直流着浪费水。
B2
To not use something well or fully
He wasted his talent by not practicing enough.
他因为练习不够而浪费了自己的才能。
R
To give something good where it is not valued
Her advice was wasted on him because he didn't listen.
她的建议对他来说是白费了，因为他没有听。
R
To get rid of someone by killing them
The gang wasted their rival in a fight.
那伙人在一场打斗中干掉了他们的对手。
R
To defeat someone very badly in a game
Our team wasted the opponents in the final match.
我们队在决赛中彻底击败了对手。
adjective
B1
No longer needed and thrown away
The factory dumps its waste water into the river.
这家工厂将其废水排入河中。
B1
Not suitable for building or growing things
They built a house on waste land outside the city.
他们在城外的荒地上建了一所房子。
translation
浪费, 不值得, 废弃物, 排泄物, 荒地
浪费, 未充分利用, 明珠暗投, 干掉, 完胜
废弃的, 贫瘠的
词形变化
3rd Present
wastes
Progressive
wasting
Past
wasted
Perfect
wasted
Plural
wastes