wastes

英 [weɪsts]

美 [weɪsts]

v.  浪费; 滥用; 白费; 糟蹋; 未充分利用; 使…屈才
waste的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 浪费;白费
  If youwastesomething 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.
  1. 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。
  2. I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...
     我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。
  3. The system wastes a large amount of water.
     这套系统浪费了大量的水。
  4. Wasteis also a noun.
     
  5. It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints...
     一点小毛病就去看医生是浪费时间。
  6. I think that is a total waste of money.
     我认为那完全是浪费金钱。
• N-UNCOUNT 浪费;滥用;糟蹋
  Wasteis the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.
  1. The packets are measured to reduce waste...
     包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
  2. I hate waste.
     我讨厌浪费。
• N-UNCOUNT 废物;废料
  Wasteis material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...the process of eliminating body waste.
     身体排泄物的排出过程
• VERB 错过(机会)
  If youwastean opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.
  1. Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
     咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
  2. It was a wasted opportunity.
     这是一个错失了的良机。
• VERB （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 onsomeone, 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.
  1. 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。
• ADJ (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的
  Wasteland 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.
  1. There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
     教堂的后面有一块荒地。
  2. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
     田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。
• N-PLURAL 荒漠;沙漠
  Wastesare a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals.
  1. ...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
     贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠
• See also:wasted
• PHRASE 被浪费;被糟蹋掉
  If somethinggoes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。”
• PHRASE 摧毁;把…变为荒地
  If something or someonelays wastean area or town orlays waste toit, they completely destroy it.
  1. The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
     这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
  2. ...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...
     因传统工业衰落而没落的城市
  3. The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.
     蚜虫正在毁掉一片片的小麦和大麦田地。
• PHRASE 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
  The expressionwaste not, want notmeans that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it.
  1. ...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
• towasteyourbreath→ see:breath

双语例句

• It's important to consider all of the preceding wastes in the context of the process and delivering value.
  在进程和交付价值的背景下，考虑所有的消耗量是非常重要的。
• These pumps have been developed for charging filter presses with chemical wastes and special sludges.
  这些泵已开发了收费处理化学废物和特殊污泥压滤机。
• Russia recently passed a law allowing for the import of radioactive wastes.
  俄国最近通过了准许进口放射性废料的法律。
• But irradiated food can not be certified organic and certain groups are concerned about radioactive wastes from the treatment.
  但是经辐射处理的食物就不可能是有机物了，此外，一些机构对辐射处理过程中会产生放射性废物这一情况表示十分担忧。
• He decided to do something about reforesting man-made wastes of western Australia.
  他决定为在澳大利亚西部人为导致荒芜的土地上重新造林做点事情。
• The system wastes a large amount of water.
  这套系统浪费了大量的水。
• You can also be poisoned by agricultural and industrial wastes.
  农业和工业废物也能使你中毒。
• Large tracts of sandy wastes were reclaimed.
  大片大片的沙质荒地被开垦出来了。
• This interrupts our workflow, wastes time and creates a habit of being disappointed.
  这就打断了我们的工作流程，浪费了时间并且会产生失望情绪。
• He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters.
  他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。