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waste

/weyst/US // weɪst //UK // (weɪst) //

浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃

Related Words

misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当debris碎片,残骸,瓦砾,残片scrap废料,废钢,废弃的,废弃的东西trash垃圾,垃圾桶,垃圾箱,垃圾处理rubbish垃圾,废物,废话,糟粕blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽dissipate涣散,消散,放浪形骸,放浪lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了divert转移,转移注意力,转移方向,疏导undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小spoil破坏,糟蹋,弄坏,弄坏了dilapidation失修,残破,破旧,残破不堪misapplication误用,错误应用,误应用,错用

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    wast·ed, wast·ing.

    • : to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
    • : to fail or neglect to use: to waste an opportunity.
    • : to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: The waves waste the rock of the shore.
    • : to wear down or reduce in bodily substance, health, or strength; emaciate; enfeeble: to be wasted by disease or hunger.
    • : to destroy, devastate, or ruin: a country wasted by a long and futile war.
    • : Slang. to kill or murder.
v.无主动词 verb
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    wast·ed, wast·ing.

    • : to be consumed, spent, or employed uselessly or without giving full value or being fully utilized or appreciated.
    • : to become gradually consumed, used up, or worn away:A candle wastes in burning.
    • : to become physically worn; lose flesh or strength; become emaciated or enfeebled.
    • : to diminish gradually; dwindle, as wealth, power, etc.: The might of England is wasting.
    • : to pass gradually, as time.
n.名词 noun
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    • : useless consumption or expenditure; use without adequate return; an act or instance of wasting: The project was a waste of material, money, time, and energy.
    • : neglect, instead of use: waste of opportunity.
    • : gradual destruction, impairment, or decay: the waste and repair of bodily tissue.
    • : devastation or ruin, as from war or fire.
    • : a region or place devastated or ruined: The forest fire left a blackened waste.
    • : anything unused, unproductive, or not properly utilized.
    • : an uncultivated tract of land.
    • : a wild region or tract of land; desolate country, desert, or the like.
    • : an empty, desolate, or dreary tract or extent: a waste of snow.
    • : anything left over or superfluous, as excess material or by-products, not of use for the work in hand: a fortune made in salvaging factory wastes.
    • : remnants, as from the working of cotton, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil, etc.
    • : Physical Geography. material derived by mechanical and chemical disintegration of rock, as the detritus transported by streams, rivers, etc.
    • : garbage; refuse.
    • : wastes, excrement.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.
    • : wild, desolate, barren, or uninhabited; desert.
    • : in a state of desolation and ruin, as from devastation or decay.
    • : left over or superfluous: to utilize waste products of manufacture.
    • : having served or fulfilled a purpose; no longer of use.
    • : rejected as useless or worthless; refuse: to salvage waste products.
    • : Physiology. pertaining to material unused by or unusable to the organism.
    • : designed or used to receive, hold, or carry away excess, superfluous, used, or useless material: a waste pipe; waste container.
    • : Obsolete. excessive; needless.

Phrases

  • waste away
  • waste not, want not
  • waste one's breath
  • go to waste
  • haste makes waste
  • lay waste

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounspending, use without thought
Forms: wasted, wasting
Synonyms
misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减desolation荒凉,惆怅,荒芜,荒废destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏devastation毁坏,摧残,破坏,破坏性dilapidation失修,残破,破旧,残破不堪dissipation耗散,耗损,耗费,消散disuse弃用,废弃,失用,废弃的exhaustion衰竭,疲惫,疲惫不堪,竭尽所能expenditure支出,支出费用,花费,支出情况extravagance奢侈,奢华,奢侈浪费,奢侈品fritter油炸物,油炸食品,油炸食物,油炸品havoc劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸improvidence贪婪,贪得无厌,愚蠢的行为,贪婪无度lavishness奢华,奢华主义,奢侈,豪华loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失misapplication误用,错误应用,误应用,错用overdoing矫枉过正,过度,矫枉过直,过度追求prodigality挥霍无度,挥霍浪费,挥霍,挥霍成性ravage蹂躏,肆虐,摧残,摧枯拉朽ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉squandering挥霍无度,挥霍浪费,挥霍,挥霍的wastage浪费,流失,损耗,浪费现象wastefulness浪费,浪费现象,浪费行为,浪费问题lost opportunity失去的机会,丧失的机会,损失的机会,失去的机遇unthriftiness不漂泊,不漂移,不漂移性,不漂浮
nounland that is uncultivated
Forms: wasted, wasting
Synonyms
badlands荒地,沼泽地,荒原,恶劣环境barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的bog沼泽,沼泽地,博格,沼气brush刷子,刷,刷牙,刷涂bush灌木丛,灌木,灌木丛生,灌木丛中desert沙漠,荒漠,沙漠化,荒废fen汾酒,汾水,汾河,汾jungle丛林,丛林里,丛林里的,密林marsh沼泽,沼泽地,沼澤,湿地marshland沼泽地,泥沼地,沼泽地带,湿地moor泊位,泊车,沼泽地,泊车场quagmire泥潭,困局,困境solitude孤独,孤独感,孤寂,寂寞swamp沼泽地,沼泽,泥沼,沼泽地带tundra冻土,冻土层,冻原,冻土带void空白,空虚,空缺,空无wasteland荒地,荒原,荒芜之地,废墟wild野生,野性,野外,野生的wilderness荒野,荒地,旷野,荒原wilds野生动物,荒野,野生植物,野生生物brushland刷地,刷子地,灌木丛地,灌木丛dust bowl尘土飞扬,沙尘暴,尘埃碗,尘埃落定
noungarbage, refuse
Forms: wasted, wasting
Synonyms
badlands荒地,沼泽地,荒原,恶劣环境barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的bog沼泽,沼泽地,博格,沼气brush刷子,刷,刷牙,刷涂bush灌木丛,灌木,灌木丛生,灌木丛中desert沙漠,荒漠,沙漠化,荒废fen汾酒,汾水,汾河,汾jungle丛林,丛林里,丛林里的,密林marsh沼泽,沼泽地,沼澤,湿地marshland沼泽地,泥沼地,沼泽地带,湿地moor泊位,泊车,沼泽地,泊车场quagmire泥潭,困局,困境solitude孤独,孤独感,孤寂,寂寞swamp沼泽地,沼泽,泥沼,沼泽地带tundra冻土,冻土层,冻原,冻土带void空白,空虚,空缺,空无wasteland荒地,荒原,荒芜之地,废墟wild野生,野性,野外,野生的wilderness荒野,荒地,旷野,荒原wilds野生动物,荒野,野生植物,野生生物brushland刷地,刷子地,灌木丛地,灌木丛dust bowl尘土飞扬,沙尘暴,尘埃碗,尘埃落定
verbspend or use without thought; dwindle
Forms: wasted, wasting
Synonyms
blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽dissipate涣散,消散,放浪形骸,放浪divert转移,转移注意力,转移方向,疏导drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性crumble碎裂,弄碎,崩坏,崩解debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能disappear消失,失踪,消失了,消失的droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震emaciate憔悴,奄奄一息,癯瘦,憔悴不堪empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的gnaw啃咬,啃噬,啃食,啃misapply错用,误用,错用了,滥用perish消灭,殒命,毁灭,殒落sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦splurge挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,花钱thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度wilt枯萎,萎缩,凋谢,发蔫wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩be of no avail无济于事,无补于事,于事无补,没有用burn up烧毁,烧掉,烧毁了,燃烧起来eat away吃掉,吃掉了,吃了,吃光fritter away挥霍浪费,浪费掉,浪费掉的,挥霍无度frivol away无聊了,轻浮的离开,轻狂,无聊的人gamble away赌钱,赌球,赌一把,赌博go to waste浪费,荒废,废弃,浪费掉misemploy误用,错用,误招,失业pour down the drain倾泻而下,倾泻而下的,倾盆而下run dry流干,流干了,流干水分,流失run through贯穿,穿过,贯穿始终,贯穿了throw away扔掉,扔掉了,丢弃,扔掉的trifle away玩忽职守,玩世不恭,玩物丧志wear out磨损,消磨掉,损耗,消磨
verbruin, destroy
Forms: wasted, wasting
Synonyms
blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽dissipate涣散,消散,放浪形骸,放浪divert转移,转移注意力,转移方向,疏导drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了misuse误用,滥用,错用,使用不当squander挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,挥霍掉undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性crumble碎裂,弄碎,崩坏,崩解debilitate衰弱,削弱,衰弱的,弱化decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌disable禁用,停用,丧失功能,停用功能disappear消失,失踪,消失了,消失的droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震emaciate憔悴,奄奄一息,癯瘦,憔悴不堪empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的enfeeble衰弱,衰弱的,削弱,减弱fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的gnaw啃咬,啃噬,啃食,啃misapply错用,误用,错用了,滥用perish消灭,殒命,毁灭,殒落sap汁液,汁水,肥皂水,肥皂sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦splurge挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,花钱thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度wilt枯萎,萎缩,凋谢,发蔫wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩be of no avail无济于事,无补于事,于事无补,没有用burn up烧毁,烧掉,烧毁了,燃烧起来eat away吃掉,吃掉了,吃了,吃光fritter away挥霍浪费,浪费掉,浪费掉的,挥霍无度frivol away无聊了,轻浮的离开,轻狂,无聊的人gamble away赌钱,赌球,赌一把,赌博go to waste浪费,荒废,废弃,浪费掉misemploy误用,错用,误招,失业pour down the drain倾泻而下,倾泻而下的,倾盆而下run dry流干,流干了,流干水分,流失run through贯穿,穿过,贯穿始终,贯穿了throw away扔掉,扔掉了,丢弃,扔掉的trifle away玩忽职守,玩世不恭,玩物丧志wear out磨损,消磨掉,损耗,消磨

Examples

  • A lot of time and energy is wasted among analysts in debating how exactly to characterize skewed maps that result from residential segregation.

  • Not surprisingly, the vast waste deposits produced during the Great Acceleration figure prominently in the search for a suitable stratigraphic section to place the GSSP that will mark the start of the Anthropocene.

  • Some of the ones my other friend got were round, which wastes space.

  • “If you don’t find out what the answer is, you’re kind of wasting your time,” he says.

  • You do not have to waste your time on the same project again and use it on another channel or place to reach your target audience quickly and easily.

  • When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.

  • First, though, he has to be shocked into recognizing the barren waste of his spiritual life – by spirits.

  • He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.

  • Kocurek became especially frustrated with a commercial waste facility in Jim Wells County.

  • They also used the powers of their separate agencies to cite waste haulers for spilling sludge along roadways.

  • It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.

  • Then the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.

  • Don't waste your valuable time looking for the biggest angleworm in the garden!

  • In a literal sense, too,” added Tom Brown, “for it will be sold as waste-paper and be made up into matches.

  • Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, it is silent: because the wall of Moab is destroyed in the night, it is silent.

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