waste是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc. -- 浪費；濫用

  • That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time. 那次會議根本沒有取得甚麼成果——純粹是浪費時間。

  • She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents. 她已經失業兩年了，這純粹是浪費她的才華。

  • My mother couldn't stand waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates. 我母親不能容忍浪費——她總是讓我們吃光自己碟子裡的所有東西。

  • You can even make stock from the bones, so that nothing goes to waste. 你甚至可以用骨頭來做湯料，所以沒有什麼會被浪費掉。

• 1 unwanted matter or material of any type, especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed -- 廢品，垃圾，廢物，廢料

  • This city produces 20 million tons of household waste each year. 這個城市每年會產生2000萬噸生活垃圾。

  • He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea. 他反對將任何一種核廢料傾倒入海中。

  • Millions of gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow into the river every day. 每天都有幾百萬噸未經處理的人類糞便排入河中。

  • Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes. 溢油現象很常見，就像傾倒有毒工業廢料一樣。

  • The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper. 日本人回收他們一半以上的廢紙。

• 2 an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way -- （城市裡或市郊的）荒地

  • His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city. 他的屍體被胡亂拋在城外的一片荒地裡。

  • the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia 西伯利亞北部的極地荒原地區

• 3 to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it -- 浪費；未好好利用

  • You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower. 洗盆浴而不洗淋浴，你會浪費大量水。

  • Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time already. 快點，我們開始吧——我們已經浪費了不少時間。

  • Don't waste your money on such junk. 別在這種垃圾上浪費你的錢。

• 4 to kill someone -- 殺死，殺害，幹掉