waste

waste, garbage, rubbish, litter, debris, junk

名词 waste:

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
   同义词：waste material, waste matter, waste product
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   同义词：wastefulness, dissipation
3. the trait of wasting resources
   同义词：thriftlessness, wastefulness
4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   同义词：barren, wasteland
5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
   同义词：permissive waste

动词 waste:

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
   同义词：blow, squander
2. use inefficiently or inappropriately
3. get rid of
4. run off as waste
   同义词：run off
5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   同义词：neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in
6. spend extravagantly
   同义词：consume, squander, ware
7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   同义词：pine away, languish
8. cause to grow thin or weak
   同义词：emaciate, macerate
9. devastate or ravage
   同义词：lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
10. waste away
    同义词：rot

形容词 waste:

1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
   同义词：desert, godforsaken, wild

1. All his efforts were wasted.
   他的所有努力都白费了。
2. It's only a waste of time to speak to her.
   和她说话纯粹是浪费时间。

waste

v.（动词）
wast.ed,wast.ing,wastes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
浪费：不考虑地或不仔细地使用、消费、花费或开销
To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
使衰弱：使失去能量、力量或精力；使耗尽精力、疲惫或衰弱：
例句：
Disease wasted his body.
疾病使他身体衰弱

To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
失去：没有利用或用于谋利；失去：
例句：
waste an opportunity.
错过机会

To destroy completely.
完全破坏
Slang To kill; murder.
【俚语】 杀死；谋杀
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled:
变衰弱：损失能量、力量、重量或精力；变衰弱或变消瘦：
例句：
wasting away from an illness.
因病变虚弱

To pass without being put to use:
消逝：未被使用就流走：
例句：
Time is wasting.
光阴飞逝

n.（名词）
The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted:
浪费：浪费的行为或事例或被浪费的状况：
例句：
a waste of talent; gone to waste.
天赋的浪费；浪费

A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.
荒芜之地：无人居住或未开垦的地方、地区或土地；沙漠或荒地
A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.
废墟：遭到毁坏或破坏之地区、市镇或建筑物；废墟

A useless or worthless byproduct, as from a manufacturing process.
废品：生产过程中等产生的无用或无价值之副产品
Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.
废气：未被使用而逃逸的东西，如蒸汽
Garbage; trash.
垃圾；废物
The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.
残余物，排泄物：体内排出的未消化的残余食物；粪便
adj.（形容词）
Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless:
无用的，废弃的：被认为无价值或无用的或因无价值或无用的而抛弃的：
例句：
waste trimmings.
无用的碎料

Used as a conveyance or container for refuse:
传送废物的，盛装废物的：用作传送或盛装废物的：
例句：
a waste bin.
垃圾箱

Excreted from the body:
排泄的：从身体内排泄的：
例句：
waste matter.
排泄物

<习惯用语>waste (one`s) breath
To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.
徒费口舌：费了口舌却一无所获
来源：
Middle English wasten
中古英语 wasten
from Old North French waster
源自 古法国北方方言 waster
from Latin v3st3re [to make empty]
源自 拉丁语 v3st3re [使空]
from v3stus [empty] * see eu- 2
源自 v3stus [空的] *参见 eu- 2

<参考词汇><同义词>waste,blow,consume,dissipate,fritter,squanderThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail.:
这些动词共有的中心意义是.无节制地且常常是无效地花费或花销.：
例句：
wasted her inheritance;
挥霍她继承的遗产；

例句：
blew a fortune on a shopping spree;
疯狂购物而浪费钱财；

例句：
time and money consumed in litigation;
消耗在诉讼中的时间和金钱；

例句：
dissipating their energies in pointless argument;
在无意义的争论中消费精力；

例句：
frittering away her entire allowance;
挥霍掉她的所有津贴；

例句：
squandered his literary talent on writing commercials. save
在写广告上浪费了他的文学天赋 save