音标:[weist] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 浪费, 废物, 损耗, 消耗, 荒地, 垃圾, 地面风化物
a. 废弃的, 荒芜的, 多余的
vt. 浪费, 消耗, 使荒芜
vi. 浪费, 消耗, 变消瘦
n. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
n. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
n. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
词型变化: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
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词性分布:
名词64%
动词33%
形容词3%

waste的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The city waste is disposed of in the sea.城市垃圾倒在海里处理掉。
  2. The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.安全处置核废料是个大问题。
  3. It's only a waste of time to speak to her.和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。
  4. The routine work is a waste of her talents.做这样千篇一律的工作,是浪费了她的才能。
  5. The city was burnt to a desolate waste.这城市被焚毁成废墟。
用作动词(v.)
  1. All his efforts were wasted.他的所有努力都白费了。
  2. I don't like to waste your time.我不愿浪费你的时间。
  3. Don't waste such a golden opportunity.不要糟踏这样一个千载难逢的机会。
  4. His body was wasted by long illness.他久病体弱。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. They are turning waste land into paddy fields.他们正在使荒地变为稻田。
  2. Waste water from factories should be treated before flowing into rivers.工厂里的废水在流入河里之前应该经过处理。
  3. The Students' Union waged a compaign against waste on the campus.学生会在校园里发起一场反对浪费的运动。
  4. Perfectionists can waste just as much time as procrastinators.追求完美的人与那些爱拖延的人浪费的时间一样多。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The city budget can afford no waste.该市预算担负不起浪费。
  2. They thought that cutting out waste was going to solve all their problems.他们认为减少浪费将会解决他们的所有问题。
  3. Waste from the body passes out from the bowels.身体中的食物残渣经肠道排出。
  4. A lot of poisonous waste from the chemical works goes into the river.化工厂把许多有毒废水排入河中。
  5. Put all the waste in this bag.把所有垃圾放进这只袋子里。
  6. They disposed of the the city's waste in the sea.他们把城里的垃圾倒入海中。
  7. The function of the kidneys is to excrete wastes from the body.肾的功能是排泄人体里的废物。
  8. Large tracts of sandy wastes were reclaimed.大片大片的沙质荒地被开垦出来了。
  9. The explorers spent months in the Arctic wastes.探险家们在北极荒原上工作了几个月。
~+of n./pron.
  1. Dad would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.爸爸不许我们浪费一滴水。
  2. I don't like to see so much waste of food when hundreds of people are hungry.当许许多多人在挨饿时,我不愿看到这么多食物被浪费。
  3. I think betting is a complete waste of money.我认为打赌完全是浪费金钱。
  4. Before us stretched a waste of snow and ice.我们的面前是一片冰雪的荒原。
It is/was a ~+of time v -ing
  1. It's a waste of time trying to talk to her when she's in this mood.在她目前的心情下找她谈是没有用的。
  2. It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
  3. It would be a waste of time attempting the impossible.试图做办不到的事是浪费时间。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Waste not, want not.不浪费,不愁缺。
  2. Turn the tap off.Don't let it waste.把水龙头关上,别让水白白流掉。
  3. If you don't turn the electricity off, it will waste while you are out.如果你外出时不关闭电源,那电就会白白浪费掉。
  4. The oil resources in some countries are rapidly wasting.有些国家的石油资源正被迅速地消耗掉。
  5. My resources are wasting rapidly.我的财富很快化为乌有了。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. We are wasting our time by listening to such nonsense.听这样的废话就等于浪费我们的时间。
  2. Except for what he spent on haircuts, books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.除了理发、买书和必要的日用品之外,他从不浪费一分钱。
  3. In order not to waste electricity, turn off all the lights when you go out.为了不浪费电,出门时把所有的灯关掉。
  4. We mustn't waste a drop of water or a grain of rice.一滴水一粒米我们都不应当浪费。
  5. You should not waste food when many people are hungry.许多人正在挨饿,你不应浪费食物。
  6. The strange disease wasted his whole body.这种怪病使他全身无力。
  7. Long dry periods wasted the land.长期干旱使那片土地荒芜了。
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  9. His experiment failed again. All his efforts were wasted.他的试验又失败了。他的全部努力都白费了。
  10. He is wasted into a shadow.他骨瘦如柴。
  11. She's wasted in her present job.她现在的工作把她的才华给埋没了。
  12. The country was wasted by the war.战争使那个国家变得满目疮痍。
  13. The fields were wasted by a long drought.那些田地由于久旱而荒芜。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. We should convert waste materials into useful ones.我们应该把废物加以利用。
  2. There are two waste paper baskets in the room.房间里有两个废纸篓。
  3. Waste paper is burned at the end of each day.每天下班时都把废纸烧掉。
  4. They seized on the waste tools and went away with them.他们抓起那些报废的工具就走了。
  5. The public are requested not to throw waste paper about in the park.公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸。
  6. There is no waste land here.这里没有荒芜的土地。
  7. The bicycle was found abandoned on waste ground behind the campus.自行车被发现丢在校园后面的荒地上。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. The land became waste.这块土地变得荒芜了。
  2. The land still lies waste.这片土地还荒废着。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
go〔run〕 to waste
    浪费,白费 be wasted
用作动词(v.)
waste away (v.+adv.)
    变得衰弱〔消瘦〕 weaken; become thin and pale, possibly illwaste away

    They wasted away for lack of food.

    由于吃不饱,他们越来越虚弱了。

    He's just wasting away and the doctor seems unable to help.

    他的体力日见亏损,而大夫好像也无能为力。

    Since my aunt's operation, she has simply been wasting away and may not last long.

    自从我姑母动手术后,她瘦弱得简直不成样子,可能不久于人世了。

    John is wasting away with his illness.

    约翰病得越来越瘦了。

    He wasted away to a skeleton.

    他瘦成皮包骨了。

waste in (v.+prep.)
    (在…上)浪费… spend (money or time) (in sb, sth, or doing sth)waste sth (in) v-ing

    Though he had much to do, he wasted his time doing nothing.

    尽管有许多事等着他去做,但他却浪费时间,什么也不做。

    He persuaded me not to waste my time playing games.

    他劝我不要浪费时间玩游戏。

    She worked hard at her studies and never wasted time adorning herself.

    她学习刻苦努力,从不在打扮上浪费时间。

    There was no need to waste any energy thinking about it.

    没有必要浪费精力去考虑这事。

    You must waste no time in finishing the job.

    你必须立即完成这项工作。

    We should waste no time in acting.

    我们得迅速行动。

    There is no use wasting time in discussing the matter.

    浪费时间去讨论这事是没有用的。

    Don't waste your time in watching television.

    不要把你的时间浪费在看电视上。

waste on (v.+prep.)
    把…浪费在…上 spend (money or time) foolishly on (sb, sth, or doing sth)waste sth on sb/sth

    I'm not going to waste my time on people who refuse to help themselves.

    对于自己不争气的人我不打算浪费我的时间。

    Don't waste words on him.He is stubborn.

    不要在他身上白费口舌了,他很固执。

    I won't waste another minute on you unless you're going to help!

    假如你不打算帮忙,我就不再对你白费口舌了。

    He wasted his time, money and ability on these worthless people.

    他在这群无用之辈身上浪费了时间、金钱和精力。

    Don't waste your money on that new soap powder, it's no good.

    不要花钱去买那种洗衣粉,其效果不佳。

    To think of our having wasted so much money on that.

    想一想,我们在这上面竟花了这么多钱。

    He wasted a lot of time on things that have no importance.

    他在不重要的事情上浪费了大量的时间。

    Why did you waste time and energy on something so hopeless?

    你为什么在这种毫无希望的事情上浪费时间和精力?

    He allowed no money to be wasted on luxuries.

    他不让把钱浪费在奢侈品上。

    The humour is wasted on them.

    这种幽默他们并不欣赏。

    waste sth (on) v-ing

    Don't waste your time on helping underservers.

    别浪费时间去帮助那些不值得你帮助的人。

    I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career.

    我浪费了太多的时间,无所事事,差点毁了我的事业。

    If there is a word you are not familiar with, do not waste too much time worrying about what it might mean.

    如果你遇到生疏的词,不要浪费太多的时间去考虑它到底是什么意思。

用作形容词(adj.)
lay waste
    使荒芜,蹂躏(大肆破坏) cause to go out of cultivation; trample onlay waste sth

    The enemy laid waste the whole country.

    敌人破坏了整个国家。

    The retreating army laid waste the fields and farm buildings along their path.

    退守的军队沿途破坏了许多农田和农舍。

    Some of the finest cities of Europe have been laid waste by bombing.

    欧洲一些最漂亮的城市被炸成了废墟。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • abate waste消除废物
  • avoid waste避免浪费
  • combat waste反对浪费
  • convert waste into useful materials废物利用
  • cut down on waste减少浪费
  • decry waste大声反对浪费
  • detect waste检测废料
  • diminish waste减少浪费
  • eliminate waste杜绝浪费
  • excrete waste排泄废物
  • incur waste招致浪费
  • lie waste荒芜浪费
  • manufacture waste制造废物
  • rebuke for waste指责浪费现象
  • recycle wastes废物回收利用
  • reduce waste减少浪费
  • reproach for waste指责浪费现象
  • result waste引起浪费
  • stop waste杜绝浪费
  • turn up all the wastes开垦所有荒地
  • wipe out waste消除废弃物
  • withdraw waste运走垃圾
形容词+~
  • aching waste令人痛心的浪费
  • boundless waste无限的浪费
  • dangerous waste危险的浪费
  • deliberate waste故意的浪费
  • dread waste可怕的浪费
  • enormous waste巨大的浪费
  • foolish waste愚蠢的浪费
  • frightful waste可怕的浪费
  • full waste完全浪费
  • hazardous wastes有害废物
  • hopeless waste无望的耗费
  • howling waste极大的浪费
  • hurried waste不负责任的浪费
  • illimitable waste不可估量的浪费
  • inexcusable waste不可饶恕的浪费
  • insidious waste无意识的浪费
  • intolerable waste令人不能容忍的浪费
  • radioactive waste放射性废弃物
  • spiritual waste精神上的耗费
  • terrible waste可怕的浪费
  • total waste完全浪费
  • unnecessary waste不必要的浪费
  • utter waste纯属浪费
  • vast waste巨大的浪费
  • wilful waste任意浪费
  • arctic wastes寒冷的原野
  • arid waste不毛之地
  • barren waste不毛之地
  • desert waste不毛之地
  • endless wastes一望无边的荒原
  • lonely waste荒野,荒地
  • pathless waste无路可通的荒原
  • remote wastes人迹罕至的荒原
  • ruinous waste废墟
  • shoreless waste无边无际的荒原
  • trackless waste人迹罕至的荒原
  • treeless waste没有树木的荒原
  • weltering waste起伏的沙漠
名词+~
  • nuclear wastes核废料
  • solid wastes固体废物
  • the Pacific wastes茫茫太平洋
  • the polar wastes极地荒原
介词+~
  • wealth from waste废物利用
  • the great expanses of ocean wastes广阔的海洋
~+介词
  • the icy wastes of Antarctica南极洲的冰雪荒原
  • utter waste of labour十足的劳力浪费
  • prodigious waste of money金钱的挥霍浪费
  • the enormous waste of public money公款的巨大浪费
  • the wastes of the Sahara撒哈拉沙漠
  • terrible waste of time and money时间和金钱的极大浪费
  • a waste of waters一片海洋的凄凉景色
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • waste a drop of water浪费一滴水
  • waste a good opportunity失去良机
  • waste a grain of rice浪费一粒粮食
  • waste a moment浪费一刻时间
  • waste a penny浪费一分钱
  • waste effort浪费精力
  • waste energy浪费精力
  • waste family fortune浪费家财
  • waste food浪费食物
  • waste gasoline浪费汽油
  • waste huge stones with little water drops用小小的水滴风化巨大的岩石
  • waste money浪费钱
  • waste one's body浪费体力
  • waste one's breath白费唇舌
  • waste one's words白费唇舌
  • waste strength浪费体力
  • waste the buildings使建筑物废弃
  • waste the city使城市凋敝
  • waste the country使国家满目疮痍
  • waste the land使土地荒芜
  • waste time浪费时间
~+副词
  • waste accidentally意外地浪费
  • waste aimlessly无目的地浪费
  • waste blindly盲目浪费
  • waste carelessly粗心地浪费
  • waste constantly不断地浪费
  • waste crudely无理地浪费
  • waste deliberately故意浪费
  • waste dumbly愚蠢地浪费
  • waste erroneously错误地浪费
  • waste fruitlessly徒劳地浪费
  • waste greatly大量地浪费
  • waste heedlessly不留心地浪费
  • waste horribly可怕地浪费
  • waste inescapably不可避免地浪费
  • waste irrationally没有理由地浪费
  • waste materially物质上浪费
  • waste overwhelmingly过分地浪费
  • waste painfully痛苦地浪费
  • waste prematurely过早地浪费
  • waste prodigally挥霍浪费
  • waste rapidly迅速消耗
  • waste rashly轻率地浪费
  • waste ruthlessly无情地浪费
  • waste senselessly无感觉地浪费
  • waste seriously严重地浪费
  • waste spiritually精神上浪费
  • waste stupendously惊人地浪费
  • waste tearfully可怕地浪费
  • waste unbearably难以忍受地浪费
  • waste unnecessarily不必要地浪费
  • waste unproductively徒劳地浪费
  • waste unprofitably无效果地浪费
  • waste unreasonably毫无理由地浪费
  • waste uselessly没必要地浪费
  • waste away日渐消瘦
~+副词+介词
  • waste away for lack of food由于缺乏食物而日渐消瘦
  • waste away from disease因病而日渐消瘦
  • waste away to a skeleton瘦成皮包骨
  • waste away to skin and bone瘦成皮包骨
  • waste away with grief因悲痛而日渐消瘦
  • waste away with illness因病而日渐消瘦
~+介词
  • waste sth on在…上耗费…
  • waste sth on amusement在娱乐上耗费…
  • waste sth on experiment在试验上耗费…
  • waste sth on food在食物上耗费…
  • waste sth on operation在手术上耗费…
  • waste sth on the daily necessities在日用品上耗费…
  • waste sth on the subject在这个问题上耗费…
  • waste sth on the war在战争中耗费…
  • waste sth on things that have no importance在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上浪费…
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • waste basket废纸篓
  • waste bin垃圾桶,废物桶〔箱〕
  • waste can废油罐
  • waste channel废水渠
  • waste component废物成分
  • waste disposal废料处理
  • waste fluid废渣
  • waste gas废气
  • waste land荒地,疮痍之地
  • waste material废料
  • waste paper废纸
  • waste pipe污水管,废水管
  • waste products废品
  • waste recovering废料回收
  • waste town废弃的市镇
  • waste treatment废料处理
  • waste water废水
动词+~
  • lay waste糟蹋,毁坏
  • lie waste(土地等)荒芜

经典引文

  • We ascended Mount Hopeless,..nothing but an endless waste of barren rock.

    出自:A. Moorehead
  • He was wasted away to no more than a skeleton.

    出自:M. Puzo

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Agricultural runoff from fertilizers, chemicals and animal waste is responsible for about half the pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency is stepping up enforcement and working with the United States Department of Ag

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

3 surefire ways to waste gas I have been reading an awful lot of stories regarding two wheeled motorcycles or scooters as a better way to deal with the high gas prices. I total disagree after all its only money right? Here are 3 simples steps that yo

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Lesson 178 It's a waste of time. 1.It's waste of time.这是在浪费时间。 2.Don't let it waste.别让它的白白浪费掉。 3.Don't waste your money!别破费了! 4.Don't waste your time!别浪费你的时间了! 5.All my efforts were wast

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China works for safe dangerous waste disposal BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has released a guideline to ensure all dangerous wastes produced by major licensed units at or above city levels will be safely disposed of by 2015. Our

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A French train carrying 11 containers of reprocessed nuclear waste entered Germany Friday on its way to a storage site. French authorities had stopped the train Thursday before it reached the German border, in hopes of avoiding protests over the radi

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Experts in China are calling for more regulations to control food wastage. This follows Chinese leader Xi Jingping's call to avoid extravagance during bureaucratic visits. Figures show 8 million tons of food worth 300 Billion Yuan is wasted annually

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Usha Chaumar was born to a poor famil

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