waste

n.浪费，白费，挥霍钱财；废料，废品，废物；荒地，荒芜；消耗（量），损耗

vt.& vi.徒劳；（使）损耗；（使）消瘦；浪费

vt.破坏；干掉；（游戏或比赛中）大胜

adj.废弃的， 无用的， 荒芜的

verb

使用不当 not use well

1. 浪费；滥用
   to use more of sth than is necessary or useful
   1. to waste time/food/energy
      浪费时间 / 食物 / 能源
   2. Why waste money on clothes you don't need?
      为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？
   3. She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
      她当即拒绝了提议。
   4. You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand) .
      你跟他解释是在浪费时间。
2. 白费；糟蹋
   to give, say, use, etc. sth good where it is not valued or used in the way that it should be
   1. Don't waste your sympathy on him─he got what he deserved.
      别把你的同情心白白浪费在他的身上，他是咎由自取。
   2. Her comments were not wasted on Chris (= he understood what she meant) .
      她对克里斯的一席话没有白费。
3. 未充分利用；使…屈才
   to not make good or full use of sb/sth
   1. It was a wasted opportunity.
      这白白浪费了一次机会。
   2. You're wasted as a sales manager─you should have been an actor.
      你当销售经理屈才了，你本应该做演员。

杀人 kill sb

4. 干掉；把…废了；杀死
   to get rid of sb, usually by killing them

打败 defeat sb

5. （游戏或比赛中）大胜，把…打得落花流水
   to defeat sb very badly in a game or competition

noun

非充分利用 not good use

1. 浪费；滥用
   the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, causing it to be lost or destroyed
   1. I hate unnecessary waste.
      我憎恨不必要的浪费。
   2. It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
      把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。
   3. I hate to see good food go to waste (= be thrown away) .
      我不愿看到好好的食物被扔掉。
   4. The report is critical of the department's waste of resources.
      报告批评了这个部门对资源的浪费。
   5. What a waste of paper!
      多么浪费纸啊！
2. 白费；糟蹋
   a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth
   1. These meetings are a complete waste of time .
      这些会议完全是白费时间。
   2. They believe the statue is a waste of taxpayers' money.
      他们认为这座雕像糟蹋了纳税人的钱。

材料 materials

3. 废料；废物；弃物；垃圾
   materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away
   1. household/industrial waste
      家庭垃圾；工业废料
   2. toxic wastes
      有毒废物
   3. waste disposal (= the process of getting rid of waste)
      废物处理

土地 land

4. 人烟稀少的地区；荒芜地区；荒原
   a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants
   1. the frozen wastes of Siberia
      西伯利亚的冻土荒原

adj.

土地 land

1. 荒芜的；废弃的
   not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used
   1. The car was found on a piece of waste ground.
      那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。

材料 materials

2. 废弃的；丢弃的；无用的
   no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away
   1. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
      工厂里的污水被抽到了附近的河里。

现在分词:wasting 过去分词:wasted 名词复数形式:wastes 过去式:wasted 第三人称单数:wastes

waste 浪费，废物

来自拉丁语vastus,空的，荒废的，词源同vain,vast。引申词义浪费。

1. It should include a review of energy usage and, where applicable, the production and disposal of waste.
   它应该包括对能耗的检查结果，适当时还应包括对垃圾的产生和处理的审查结果。
2. Incineration plants should be built to burn household waste
   应该建立焚烧厂以焚毁日常生活垃圾。
3. 'It's a waste of time,' he concluded
   “这是浪费时间。”他总结道。
4. Recycling the waste from our increased consumption is better than burning it.
   对我们增加消费产生的垃圾进行回收要好过将其焚烧。
5. All discharges and disposals of radioactive waste from Springfields were within relevant limits.
   斯普林菲尔德所有放射性废料的排放和处理都在限定的范围之内。
6. They have no way to dispose of the hazardous waste they produce
   他们没有办法处理掉自己产生的有害废料。
7. They make compost out of all kinds of waste.
   他们用各种废料制造堆肥。
8. I resolved not to waste money on a hotel
   我决心不在住旅馆方面浪费钱。
9. I'm not one to waste time on just anyone.
   我可不是个随便浪费时间在任何人身上的人。
10. Personally I think it's a waste of time
    在我看来，这是浪费时间。
11. It seemed a pity to let it all go to waste.
    让这一切白白浪费掉，真是可惜了。
12. Recycling also helps control environmental pollution by reducing the need for waste dumps.
    对废弃物的回收利用能够减少对垃圾场的需求，从而也有助于控制环境污染。
13. There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them
    原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
14. The system wastes a large amount of water.
    这套系统浪费了大量的水。
15. The packets are measured to reduce waste
    包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
16. I hate waste.
    我讨厌浪费。
17. Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
    英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。
18. Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children
    咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
19. It was a wasted opportunity.
    这是一个错失了的良机。
20. All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
    他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。
21. There was a patch of waste land behind the church
    教堂的后面有一块荒地。
22. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
    田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。
23. So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film
    如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
24. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
    “墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”
25. The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
    这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
26. The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
    蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。
27. We should not yet abandon this option for the disposal of highly radioactive waste.
    我们还不能放弃选择这种方式来处理高辐射废料。
28. They dispose of the city's waste in the sea.
    他们把城市的废物倒入大海处理掉。
29. Don't waste any more time over it.
    不要在这上面旷费时间了。
30. The land lies waste [ uncultivated].
    地荒了。