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waste
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- Conjugation :
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wasted
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wasting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- waste
[weɪst]
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1.
noun
[of resources]
[ food]
[ money]
浪费
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2.
noun
[u]
(rubbish) 废料
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3.
adjective
[+material]
废的
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4.
vt.
[+money]
[ energy]
[ time]
浪费
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5.
vt.
[+opportunity]
失去
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6.
n pl
wastes (land) 荒地
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what a waste!
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真可惜！
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it's a waste of money
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这是白费钱
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it's a waste of time
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这是浪费时间
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you're wasting your time
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你是在浪费时间
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to go to waste
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浪费掉
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to lay waste (to) sth
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毁坏某物
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- waste
[weɪst]
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1.
vt.
滥用，乱花
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He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends.
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他把他的遗产都浪费在他那些狐朋狗友身上了。
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2.
vt.
浪费，白用
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3.
vt.
处理，排放
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We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer.
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我们让污水流进下水道。
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4.
vi.
白白流掉
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The water wastes back into the ocean.
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水白白流回了大海。
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5.
vt.
[Slang]
除掉，解决掉
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6.
vi.
大手大脚，挥霍
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Waste not, want not.
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不浪费，不愁缺。
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7.
vi.
衰弱，消瘦
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8.
vt.
使衰弱，使消瘦
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9.
vt.
毁坏，蹂躏
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The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion.
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敌人入侵之后到处糟蹋乡村。
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10.
vi.
变得衰弱，变得虚弱
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11.
n.[c]
废物，废品，废料
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They collect the waste once a week.
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他们每星期来收一次废品。
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12.
n.[c/u]
浪费，糟蹋
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If the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste.
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如果努力没有带来赔偿，那就是一种徒劳。
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13.
n.[u]
挥霍，滥用
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14.
n.[c]
[Plural]
荒野，荒地
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The trackless wastes of the desert.
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沙漠这不毛之地。
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15.
n.[c]
[Law]
损毁，消耗
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16.
n.[c]
[Plural]
粪便
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17.
adjective
被遗弃的，荒废的
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18.
adjective
闲置的，多余的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- waste
[weɪst]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to use, consume, or expend thoughtlessly, carelessly, or to no avail
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to fail to take advantage of
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to waste an opportunity
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3.
vt.
[when intr, often foll by away]
to lose or cause to lose bodily strength, health, etc
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4.
vt.
to exhaust or become exhausted
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to ravage
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6.
vt.
[tr]
[Spoken]
to murder or kill
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I want that guy wasted by tomorrow
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7.
n
the act of wasting or state of being wasted
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8.
n
a failure to take advantage of something
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9.
n
anything unused or not used to full advantage
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10.
n
anything or anyone rejected as useless, worthless, or in excess of what is required
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11.
n
garbage, rubbish, or trash
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12.
n
a land or region that is devastated or ruined
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13.
n
a land or region that is wild or uncultivated
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14.
n
[physiol]
the useless products of metabolism
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15.
n
indigestible food residue
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16.
n
disintegrated rock material resulting from erosion
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17.
n
[law]
reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect, esp by a life-tenant
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18.
adj
rejected as useless, unwanted, or worthless
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19.
adj
produced in excess of what is required
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20.
adj
not cultivated, inhabited, or productive
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waste land
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21.
adj
of or denoting the useless products of metabolism
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22.
adj
of or denoting indigestible food residue
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23.
adj
destroyed, devastated, or ruined
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24.
adj
designed to contain or convey waste products
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25.
adj
[Etymology]
C13: from Anglo-French waster, from Latin vastare to lay waste, from vastus empty
Examples
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This waste should not be placed in general waste containers.
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这种废弃物不能丢在普通的垃圾箱里。
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"Waste not, want not"
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俭以防匮
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a waste product
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一件废品
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a waste pipe
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废水管；废气管
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Jack, I told you once, stop balling up those paper sheets, it's such a waste.
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杰克，我跟你说过，别再把纸团成球儿了，太浪费了。
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