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waste
英[weɪst] 美[weɪst]
单词基本解释
n.废物;浪费;荒地 v.浪费;滥用消耗 adj.荒芜的;无用的;浪费的

过去式::wasted

过去分词::wasted

现在分词::wasting

第三人称单数::wastes

详尽释义
n.(名词)
  1. 废物,废料,垃圾,弃物
  2. 浪费,白费
  3. 滥用
  4. 荒地,荒野
  5. 损耗,消耗
  6. 糟蹋
  7. 人烟稀少的地区,荒芜地区,荒原
  8. 无用的人,干什么都不行的人 ,饭桶
  9. 一大片
  10. 毁坏
v.(动词)
  1. (被)浪费,未被充分利用
  2. 糟蹋
  3. 滥用
  4. (使)衰弱,(使)消瘦
  5. 白费(唇舌),徒劳
  6. 使…屈才
  7. 干掉,把…废了
  8. 杀害,杀死,谋杀
  9. 把…打得落花流水,大胜
  10. 消耗,损耗
  11. 毁坏,破坏,蹂躏
  12. 使荒芜
  13. 变衰弱(常与away连用)
  14. 流逝
adj.(形容词)
  1. 废弃的,无用的,丢弃的,废物的
  2. 荒芜的,荒废的,不毛的,荒凉的
  3. 未开垦的
  4. 盛放废物的
  5. 排除废物的
  6. 多余的,剩余的
  7. 身体内排泄的
  8. 浪费的
双解释义
n.(名词)
  1. [U] 浪费; 滥用; 未充分利用 loss, wrong use, or lack of full use
  2. [U] 废料,废弃物 used, damaged, or unwanted matter
  3. [C] 荒地; 未开垦的土地 an unused or useless stretch of land; a wide empty lonely stretch of water or land
v.(动词)
  1. vi. & vt. 浪费,徒劳 make no use of, make poor use of; use badly or wrongly, use too much of, use more than is needed; use without a good purpose, fail to get value or benefit from
  2. vi. & vt. (使)损耗,(使)消瘦 become or cause to become weak and thin slowly; lose strength by degree
  3. vt. 破坏,使荒芜 make land, building etc. waste; make useless by damage
adj.(形容词)
  1. [A] 废弃的,无用的 got rid of as worthless, damaged, or of no use
  2. 荒芜的 empty; ruined or destroyed
英英释义
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

Adjective:
  1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;

    "a desert island"
    "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
    "a wild stretch of land"
    "waste places"

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. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;

    "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

  10. become physically weaker;

    "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

词典解释

1.浪费;白费
If youwaste 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.

e.g. There could be many reasons and he was not going towaste 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。
e.g. I resolved not towaste money on a hotel...
我决心不住酒店,以免浪费钱。

2.浪费;滥用;糟蹋
waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.

e.g. The packets are measured to reducewaste...
包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
e.g. I hatewaste.
我讨厌浪费。

3.废物;废料
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.

e.g. Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal ofwaste...
国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。
e.g. 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。

4.错过(机会)
If youwaste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.

waste的解释

e.g. Let's notwaste an opportunity to see the children...
咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
e.g. It was a wasted opportunity.
这是一个错失了的良机。

5.(因不被接受、理解等而)浪费(建议等);使徒劳无益
If you say that somethingis 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.

waste

e.g. 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。

6.(尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的,荒废的
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.

e.g. There was a patch ofwaste land behind the church...
教堂的后面有一块荒地。
e.g. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and onwaste ground.
田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

7.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.

e.g. ...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

8. see also: wasted

9.被浪费;被糟蹋掉
If somethinggoes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.

waste的解释

e.g. So much of his enormous effort and talent will go towaste 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。
e.g. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes towaste.
“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省,”她说,“任何东西都不会浪费。”

10.摧毁;把…变为荒地
If something or someonelays waste an area or town orlays waste to it, they completely destroy it.

e.g. The war has laidwaste large regions of the countryside.
这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
e.g. ...cities laidwaste by the decline of traditional industries...
因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

11.勤俭节约,吃穿不缺
The expressionwaste 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.

e.g. ...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.
为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家

12. towaste your breath -> see breath
towaste no time -> see time

相关词组:waste away

网络解释

1. 废料:高科技还需要废料(waste). 说的好乱,但是其实游戏中的产业链也确实错综复杂,少了任何原料,就会导致成本过高,然后企业破产倒闭. 在加上,不同的工业类型需要不同的人群,所以作为市长,就真的需要小心翼翼,纵观全局. 哦. 对了.

例句
常见句型
常用短语
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例句
The city waste is disposed of in the sea.

城市垃圾倒在海里处理掉。

The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.

安全处置核废料是个大问题。

It's only a waste of time to speak to her.

和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。

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。

The city was burnt to a desolate waste.

这城市被焚毁成废墟。

All his efforts were wasted.

他的所有努力都白费了。

I don't like to waste your time.

我不愿浪费你的时间。

Don't waste such a golden opportunity.

不要糟踏这样一个千载难逢的机会。

His body was wasted by long illness.

他久病体弱。

They are turning waste land into paddy fields.

他们正在使荒地变为稻田。

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。

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。

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。

to waste time'/food'/energy

浪费时间 / 食物 / 能源

Why waste money on clothes you don't need?

为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢?

She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .

她当即拒绝了提议。

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。

Don't waste your sympathy on him'u2500he 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。

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。

It was a wasted opportunity.

这白白浪费了一次机会。

You're wasted as a sales manager'u2500you should have been an actor.

你当销售经理屈才了,你本应该做演员。

I hate unnecessary waste.

我憎恨不必要的浪费。

It seems such a waste to throw good food away.

把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。

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。

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。

What a waste of paper!

多么浪费纸啊!

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。

I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...

我决心不住酒店,以免浪费钱。

The packets are measured to reduce waste...

包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。

I hate waste.

我讨厌浪费。

Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...

国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。

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。

Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...

咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。

It was a wasted opportunity.

这是一个错失了的良机。

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。

There was a patch of waste land behind the church...

教堂的后面有一块荒地。

Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

...the barren wastes of the Sahara.

贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

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。

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。”

The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.

这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。

...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...

因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.

为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家

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 ill
    waste 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 on
    lay 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+~形容词+~名词+~介词+~~+介词
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词~+副词~+副词+介词~+介词
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词动词+~
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
情景对话

生意场上

A:I would suggest that you use this material instead of that .
我建议你改用这种替代那种。

B:But that costs more .
可是那样成本较高。

A:But you will get lesswaste from this .
但可以减少浪费。

B:We‘ll try it once .
那么就试一次看看吧。

咨询

A:The last order didn‘t work out too well for us
上回订的货用起来不怎么顺。

B:What was wrong?
有什么问题吗?

A:We were developing too muchwaste .
生产出来的废品太多了。

B:I suggest you go up to our next higher price level.
我建议您采用我们价格再高一级的货

时尚

waste的意思

A:Wow, I love those jeans! Are they designer jeans?
哇,我喜欢那些牛仔裤。他们是名牌吗?

B:I don’t know. My mother just gave them to me.
我不知道,是我妈妈给我的。

waste的解释

A:Let me see. These are really expensive jeans! Your mother must really love you.
让我看看。这牛仔裤真的很贵。你的妈妈一定很爱你。

waste

B:I guess. I don’t really like designer clothes though. I don’t know why people spend so much money on a piece of clothing. The money could be spent in a much better way.
我想是的。可我不怎么喜欢名牌衣服。我不明白为什么人们要在一件衣服上花这么多的钱。钱应该花在更好的地方。

A:Well, if you decide you don’t want them, let me know. I’m sure I could find someone who would like to wear them.
如果你决定不想要他们就告诉我,我保证可以找到喜欢穿它的人。

B:Do you have a lot of brand name clothes?
你有很多名牌衣服吗?

A:I wouldn’t wear anything that wasn’t a brand name.
我不穿没有牌子的衣服。

B:Really? You must spend a lot of money on clothing then.
真的吗?那你一定在衣服上花了很多钱。

A:I do, but I think it’s worth it. People treat you differently when you have nice clothing on.
是的,但是我觉得值得。当你穿好衣服时人们对你的态度都不一样。

B:Do you think that’s true?
你认为确实是那样吗?

A:Sure. Pay attention as you walk down the street in those jeans. People will be looking.
当然。当你穿着那条牛仔裤在街上走的时候你留意一下,人们会注意你。

B:I don’t believe it. I think designer clothing is a completewaste of money. Especially when you can’t afford it!
我不相信。我认为品牌衣服完全是浪费钱,尤其是当你买不起的时候。

A:To each their own, I guess!
我想,各人有各人的想法吧!

词语用法
词义辨析
常见错误
词源解说
中考真题例句
高考真题例句
考研真题例句
近义词
反义词
临近词
词语用法
n.(名词)
  1. waste用作名词的基本意思是“浪费,滥用”,指对人力、财物、时间等用得不当或没有节制,表示抽象意义,不可数。waste也可作“废料,废弃物”解,指失去原使用价值的、陈旧、破损了的物品,是不可数名词,表示不同种类的废弃物时可用于复数形式。
  2. waste还可作“荒地”解,指没有开垦或没有耕种的土地,作此解时是可数名词,可用于复数形式。
  3. waste后可接of短语作其定语。
v.(动词)
  1. waste的基本意思是“浪费”,即对人、财、物等使用不当或没有节制。其特征表现在主观方面是粗心或奢侈,表现在客观方面则是白白付出而没有取得成就或好处。
  2. waste主要用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。当表示人在某人〔物、事〕上浪费时间〔金钱、精力、话语〕等时,其宾语后常接介词on+ n. 或接(in〔on〕+) v -ing。
  3. waste用作及物动词时还可以表示人〔战争、灾荒〕等使土地〔建筑物〕等荒芜、废弃,也可以表示疾病〔忧虑、高龄〕等使人或其体力〔面容〕等变得衰弱、消瘦。作这两种意思解时常可用于被动结构。
  4. waste也可用作不及物动词,多表示国力变衰、体力消耗或某物减少等,这时主动形式有被动意义。另外, waste用作不及物动词时偶尔也可以人作主语,主要用于祈使句中。
adj.(形容词)
  1. waste用作形容词作“废弃的,无用的”解时,在句中只用作定语。
  2. waste也可用作“荒芜的”解,一般用于修饰土地等,在句中可用作定语,也可用作表语。
  3. waste无比较级和最高级形式。
词义辨析
n.(名词)
waste, refuse, rubbish
  • 这三个词都有“废弃物”的意思。其区别是:
  • waste 作“废物”解时,是最普通用词,指失去原使用价值的、陈旧、破损了的物品; refuse通常指积聚成一堆的废旧物品或垃圾; rubbish 通常泛指垃圾,包括一切废物,这些废物已毫无用处,毫无价值。例如:
  • There are many heaps of refuse along the street. 沿街有许多垃圾。
  • The rubbish here must be cleared away as soon as possible.这儿的垃圾必须尽快清除。
  • v.(动词)
    waste on, waste in
  • waste后可以接介词on,也可以接in。用on时偏重于“在…上面浪费了…”; 用in时则偏重于“在…的过程中浪费了…”。因此,接时间、金钱、精力或某物时多用on,而接动名词或具有动词意味的名词时多用in。
  • waste, consume, dissipate, fritter, squander
  • 这组词都有“浪费”的意思。其区别是:
  • waste指任意地挥霍,通常是花费而不见成果; squander的意思比waste强,强调胡乱花费,含有花光而导致贫困的意思; dissipate指因奢侈而丧失东西,犹如随风撒东西一样,强调将存有的东西用光或几乎用光; fritter常和away连用,指一点一点地花费,或花费在不重要的东西上,含有逐渐用光的意思; consume强调吞食或毁坏,但也可指完全浪费或挥霍掉,用于金钱或财产时,指频繁地减少,偶尔用于时间或精力时,指无益地花费。例如:
  • The council has been squandering the ratepayers' money.市议会一直在挥霍房地产纳税人的金钱。
  • He dissipated his large fortune in a few years of heavy spending.他在几年的大肆挥霍中把自己一大笔财产都花光了。
  • She fritters away all her money on clothes and trips to the cinema.她把所有金钱都浪费在穿衣服和看电影上了。
  • The fire soon consumed the wooden buildings.大火很快就把那些木制建筑物吞没了。
  • waste, spend
  • 这两个词都可表示“耗费时间、金钱、精力等”,其区别是:
  • spend是“花有所得”,而waste则是“徒劳无益”。试比较:
  • He spent a lot of money on〔in〕 enter- taining friends.
  • 他在招待朋友上花了许多钱。
  • (含有“真朋友,需要时会给予帮助”)
  • He wasted a lot of money on〔in〕 enter- taining friends.
  • 他在招待朋友上花了许多钱。
  • (酒肉朋友,吃你、喝你不帮你)
  • waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk
  • 这些名词均含“废物,垃圾”之意。
  • waste普通用词,概念广泛,指任何被丢弃的东西。
  • garbage主要指有机废料,包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。
  • rubbish普通用词,指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西,尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。
  • litter是四下乱丢物品的总称,尤指散落于地,有碍观瞻的废物。
  • debris着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片,也指零散的普通废品。
  • junk指回收的旧汽车或大型机器,也指毫无实用价值,或破烂物体,但不指垃圾。
  • 常见错误
    n.(名词)
      同他谈论这件事是浪费时间。

      It's a waste of time to talk with him about it.

      It's a waste of time talking with him about it.

      It's a waste of time句型常接 v -ing而不接to- v 作主语。

    v.(动词)
      做那些不重要的事浪费了他许多时间。

      He wasted a lot of time to do things that have little importance.

      He wasted a lot of time on things that have little importance.

      He wasted a lot of time in doing things that have little importance.

      表示“浪费时间〔金钱、精力〕去做某事”可以说waste time〔money,energy〕 (in〔on〕) v -ing,不能说waste time〔money,energy〕 to- v 。

      他浪费在这方面的时间太多了。

      He wasted too much time for it.

      He wasted too much time on it.

      表示“在…方面浪费”须用介词on或over,不可用for。

    词源解说
    • ☆ 1200左右年进入英语,直接源自盎格鲁法语的waster,意为损坏,毁坏;最初源自古典拉丁语的vastare,意为摧毁。
    中考真题例句
    中考真题例句OG 1.waste

    China is getting really serious aboutwaste now.

    中国现在对浪费问题非常重视。

    2020重庆市B卷

    中考真题例句OG 2.waste

    From the passage, we know thatwaste sorting starts to become popular in China.

    从这篇文章中,我们知道垃圾分类开始在中国流行起来。

    2020重庆市B卷

    中考真题例句OG 3.waste

    In China, each year we produce about 150 million tons of citywaste according to a report.

    根据一份报告,在中国,每年我们会产生大约1.5亿吨城市垃圾。

    2020重庆市B卷

    中考真题例句OG 1.waste

    I think there are several reasons that suggest developing robots is awaste of money.

    我认为有几个原因表明开发机器人是浪费钱。

    2020苏州市卷

    中考真题例句OG 2.waste

    Nothing is awaste if you have a creative mind.

    如果你有一个创造力的头脑,没有什么是浪费的。

    2020锦州市卷

    中考真题例句OG 3.waste

    Finally, customers often buy more food than they need, so a lot of uneaten food iswasted.

    最后,顾客买的食物往往比他们需要的多,所以很多没吃的食物被浪费了。

    2018杭州市卷

    高考真题例句
    高考真题例句OG 1.waste

    It may createwaste.

    它可能会造成浪费。

    2017全国卷

    高考真题例句OG 1.waste

    Be sure to put thewaste in the correct containers.

    请务必将垃圾放入正确的容器中。

    2017全国卷

    高考真题例句OG 1.waste

    They bring with them lots ofwaste.

    他们带来了大量的垃圾。

    2019全国卷

    考研真题例句
    考研真题例句OG 1.waste

    Many jobs are boring, degrading, unhealthy, and awaste of human potential.

    很多工作都很无聊,有辱人格,不健康,浪费人的潜能。

    2017英语二

    考研真题例句OG 2.waste

    The Times shouldn'twaste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way.

    《泰晤士报》不应该浪费时间退出印刷行业,但前提是他们要以正确的方式行事。

    2016英语一

    考研真题例句OG 3.waste

    An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets arewasted — the trouble is, no one knows which half.

    有句老话说,所有广告预算的一半都被浪费了——问题是,没人知道是哪一半。

    2013英语一

    考研真题例句OG 1.waste

    Their Olaf Street Study, a square of brick-strewnwaste ground, is one of the few works here to embrace the commonplaceness.

    他们的奥拉夫街书房是一个布满砖块的荒地,是这里为数不多的拥抱共性的作品之一。

    2014英语二

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