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.
一日中電気をつけっぱなしにすることは電気の無駄遣いです。
B1
Not worth spending time or money on something
Watching that movie was a waste of time.
あの映画を見るのは時間の無駄でした。
B1
Things that are thrown away because they are not needed
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
私たちは生産する廃棄物の量を減らす必要があります。
R
Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of
Animal waste can be used as fertilizer for plants.
動物の排泄物は植物の肥料として使用できます。
R
A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
The desert is a vast waste of sand and rock.
砂漠は砂と岩の広大な荒地です。
verb
B1
To use more of something than needed
Don't waste water by leaving the tap running.
蛇口を出しっぱなしにして水を無駄にしないでください。
B2
To not use something well or fully
He wasted his talent by not practicing enough.
彼は十分に練習しなかったことで才能を無駄にしました。
R
To give something good where it is not valued
Her advice was wasted on him because he didn't listen.
彼が聞かなかったので、彼女のアドバイスは無駄になりました。
R
To get rid of someone by killing them
The gang wasted their rival in a fight.
そのギャングは喧嘩でライバルを殺しました。
R
To defeat someone very badly in a game
Our team wasted the opponents in the final match.
私たちのチームは決勝戦で相手を完敗させました。
adjective
B1
No longer needed and thrown away
The factory dumps its waste water into the river.
その工場は廃水を川に捨てています。
B1
Not suitable for building or growing things
They built a house on waste land outside the city.
彼らは都市の外の荒地に家を建てました。
translation
無駄, 廃棄物, 排泄物, 荒地
無駄にする, 始末する, 打ち負かす
廃棄の, 荒廃した
語形変化
3rd Present
wastes
Progressive
wasting
Past
wasted
Perfect
wasted
Plural
wastes