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.
하루 종일 불을 켜두는 것은 전기의 낭비입니다.
B1
Not worth spending time or money on something
Watching that movie was a waste of time.
그 영화를 보는 것은 시간 낭비였습니다.
B1
Things that are thrown away because they are not needed
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
우리가 생산하는 폐기물의 양을 줄여야 합니다.
R
Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of
Animal waste can be used as fertilizer for plants.
동물 배설물은 식물의 비료로 사용될 수 있습니다.
R
A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
The desert is a vast waste of sand and rock.
사막은 모래와 바위로 이루어진 광활한 황무지입니다.
verb
B1
To use more of something than needed
Don't waste water by leaving the tap running.
수도꼭지를 틀어놓고 물을 낭비하지 마세요.
B2
To not use something well or fully
He wasted his talent by not practicing enough.
그는 충분히 연습하지 않아 자신의 재능을 낭비했습니다.
R
To give something good where it is not valued
Her advice was wasted on him because he didn't listen.
그가 듣지 않았기 때문에 그녀의 조언은 헛수고였습니다.
R
To get rid of someone by killing them
The gang wasted their rival in a fight.
그 갱단은 싸움에서 라이벌을 죽였습니다.
R
To defeat someone very badly in a game
Our team wasted the opponents in the final match.
우리 팀은 결승전에서 상대를 완전히 물리쳤습니다.
adjective
B1
No longer needed and thrown away
The factory dumps its waste water into the river.
그 공장은 폐수를 강에 버리고 있습니다.
B1
Not suitable for building or growing things
They built a house on waste land outside the city.
그들은 도시 외곽의 황무지에 집을 지었습니다.
translation
낭비, 폐기물, 배설물, 황무지
낭비하다, 제거하다, 격파하다
폐기된, 황폐한
어형 변화
3rd Present
wastes
Progressive
wasting
Past
wasted
Perfect
wasted
Plural
wastes