wasting

名词 wasting:

1. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
   同义词：cachexia, cachexy
2. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
   同义词：atrophy, wasting away

动词 waste:

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

1. We had to listen to a long sermon about not wasting money.
   我们硬著头皮听了一通别浪费钱的大道理。
2. He won't pay attention to anybody. You're just wasting your breath.
   他谁的话都不听，你只是在白费口舌。
3. Try to get through to him that he's wasting his life in that job.
   设法让他明白做那种工作是浪费生命。
4. It's no use wasting any more words on him.
   你跟他再多说也是没用的。
5. Hurry up, we're wasting time.
   快点儿吧，我们别再浪费时间了。

wast.ing

adj.（形容词）
Gradually deteriorating; declining:
减少的：使逐渐腐朽的；减少的：
例句：
the wasting process of erosion.
侵蚀作用的逐渐腐朽过程

Sapping the strength, energy, or substance of the body; emaciating:
使消瘦的：消耗力量、能量或身体物质的；使消瘦的：
例句：
a wasting disease.
消蚀性疾病

【引伸】
wast.ingly
adv.（副词）