waste

n. 浪费, 废物, 损耗, 消耗, 荒地, 垃圾, 地面风化物
a. 废弃的, 荒芜的, 多余的
vt. 浪费, 消耗, 使荒芜
vi. 浪费, 消耗, 变消瘦
【医】 垃圾, 废弃物, 消耗
【经】 浪费; 废料, 废物
相关词组:
go to waste

动词过去式:wasted 过去分词:wasted 现在分词:wasting 第三人称单数:wastes 

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