waste的中文翻譯是什麼意思
waste
v. 浪費，濫用; 白費; 錯過(機會)
n. 浪費，濫用; 糟蹋; 廢料，垃圾; 荒原，沙漠
adj. 荒蕪的; 廢棄的
waste的柯林斯釋義
VERB浪費;白費
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.
There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...
原因可能有很多，他不打算浪費時間對此妄加猜測。
I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...
我決心不住酒店，以免浪費錢。
N-UNCOUNT浪費;濫用;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...
包裹的大小經過測量以減少浪費。
I hate waste.
我討厭浪費。
N-UNCOUNT廢物;廢料
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.
Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...
國會透過了一項規範廢棄物處理的法律。
Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
英國每年會產生多達1,000萬噸的有毒廢棄物。
VERB錯過(機會)
If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
咱們別錯過了看孩子們的機會。
It was a wasted opportunity.
這是一個錯失了的良機。
VERB（因不被接受、理解等而）浪費（建議等）；使徒勞無益
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.
All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
他對所有善意、真摯的建議基本都無動於衷。
ADJ(尤指市內或市郊的土地)荒蕪的，荒廢的
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.
There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
教堂的後面有一塊荒地。
Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
田野裡和荒地上會瘋長蓍草。
N-PLURAL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.
...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
貧瘠的撒哈拉沙漠
PHRASE被浪費;被糟蹋掉
If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.
So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...
如果我們被迫把電影縮短1小時，那麼他付出的許多努力就會白費，他的才華也將大半被淹沒。
Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
“墨西哥的烹調注重儉省，”她說，“任何東西都不會浪費。”
PHRASE摧毀;把…變為荒地
If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
這場戰爭摧毀了大片村莊。
...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...
因傳統工業衰落而沒落的城市
PHRASE勤儉節約，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.
為其“儉以防匱”的節儉作風和環保意識而自豪的國家
waste的英文釋義
Noun
1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;
- they collect the waste once a week
- much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;
- if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
- mindless dissipation of natural resources
3. the trait of wasting resources;
- a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
- the wastefulness of missed opportunities
4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;
- the barrens of central Africa
- the trackless wastes of the desert
5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Verb
1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
- He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
- You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
2. use inefficiently or inappropriately;
- waste heat
- waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
3. get rid of;
- We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
4. run off as waste;
- The water wastes back into the ocean
5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
6. spend extravagantly;
- waste not, want not
7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;
- After her husband died, she just pined away
8. cause to grow thin or weak;
- The treatment emaciated him
9. devastate or ravage;
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
10. waste away;
- Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world
Adjective
1. disposed of as useless;
- waste paper
2. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;
- a desert island
- a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
- a wild stretch of land
- waste places
waste的同義詞辨析
waste, garbage, rubbish, litter, debris, junk
這些名詞均含"廢物，垃圾"之意。
waste的短語
go to waste
被浪費掉
lay waste to (或lay something (to) waste)
完全毀壞
waste one's breath
waste of space
(非正式)無用之人，無能之輩
waste not, want not
(諺)不浪費，不愁缺
waste words
waste (one's) breath
徒費口舌：費了口舌卻一無所獲
waste的場景例句
It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
與一個如此不講道理的人爭論純粹是浪費口舌.
There is a danger of serious contamination from radioactive waste.
放射性廢棄物有嚴重汙染的危險.
The lights went on day and night and it was really a waste.
電燈日夜都亮著,真是浪費.
What a waste to throw it away!
扔掉它多浪費!
The waste water is piped away to a special place.
廢水透過管道排往特定的地點.