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詞彙精選:waste的用法和辨析

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一、詳細釋義:

詞彙精選:waste的用法和辨析

adj.

廢棄的,無用的,荒蕪的,荒廢的


例句:

There was a patch of waste land behind the church.

教堂的後面有一塊荒地。


例句:

Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

田野裏和荒地上會瘋長蓍草。


n.

浪費,白費,濫用,揮霍,糟蹋 [U]


例句:

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

浪費時間是一切花費中最奢侈豪華的費用。


例句:

It's only a waste of time to speak to her.

和她說話純粹是浪費時間。


廢料,廢品,廢物 [U]


例句:

The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.

安全處置核廢料是個大問題。


例句:

Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.

英國每年會產生多達1,000萬噸的有毒廢棄物。


荒漠,沙漠


例句:

The school pool resources to buy an area of waste and turned it into a sports field.

學校集中使用資金以購買一片荒地,把它改建成運動場。


例句:

I am banished to the grey waste at the end of the world, but I mourn myself no longer.

我被放逐到灰色的荒地,在世界的盡頭,但我不再爲自己感到悲哀。


消耗,損耗 [U]


例句:

Sometimes tooling makes it harder to follow a process, and thus increases waste.

有時工具使得遵循一個進程變得更加困難,因此增加了消耗量。


v.

浪費,白費 [I,T]


例句:

Gallons of the stuff are going to waste.

大量的這種東西將被浪費掉。


例句:

I resolved not to waste money on a hotel.

我決心不住酒店,以免浪費錢。


使荒蕪,荒廢 [T]


例句:

In the northwest of China, long dry periods wasted the land.

在中國西北,長期的乾旱使土地荒廢了。


例句:

The farmers had to desert their homes and waste their land.

農民們不得不遺棄自己的家園,荒蕪自己的土地。


(使)損耗,消耗,破壞 [I,T]


例句:

The electricity wastes because they often forget to turn it off.

因爲他們常常忘記關電源,所以費電。


例句:

This machine wastes a lot of energy.

這臺機器消耗能源很大。


錯過,使徒勞 [I,T]


例句:

This opportunity is too good to waste.

這個機遇千載難逢,絕不能錯過。


例句:

All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.

他對所有善意、真摯的建議基本都無動於衷。


(使)消瘦 [I,T]


例句:

His body was wasted by long illness.

他的身體由久病而消瘦了。


例句:

He is a man wasted by age and disease.

他是個被歲月和疾病折磨得憔悴的人。


幹掉,大勝 [T]


例句:

The guy was wasted last month.

那傢伙上個月被幹掉了。


例句:

He tried to waste me.

他想把我幹掉來着。


二、詞義辨析:


waste,garbage,rubbish,litter,debris,junk

這些名詞均含“廢物,垃圾”之意。waste普通用詞,概念廣泛,指任何被丟棄的東西。garbage主要指有機廢料,包括廚房的剩菜剩飯或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。rubbish普通用詞,指任何成堆的、破損的、用過的或無用的東西,尤指棄掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。litter是四下亂丟物品的總稱,尤指散落於地,有礙觀瞻的廢物。debris着重指分解、分裂或破壞後剩下的碎片,也指零散的普通廢品。junk指回收的舊汽車或大型機器,也指毫無實用價值,或破爛物體,但不指垃圾。


三、相關短語:


waste pipe

n.污水管,廢氣管


permissive waste

通常損耗


radioactive waste

放射性廢物


waste matter

廢物


waste of energy

能量消耗


waste paper

廢紙


waste product

廢產物,廢物


body waste

物質損耗


lay waste to

糟蹋


toxic waste

有毒廢物


waste-paper basket

n. 字紙簍,廢紙筐


waste material

【經】 廢料


四、參考例句:


Never waste any food.

絕不要浪費食物。


Do not waste water.

不要浪費水。


Never waste anything, and above all never waste time.

任何東西都不要浪費,尤其是時間。


He tried to waste me.

他想把我幹掉來着。


Don't waste the chalk.

不要浪費粉筆。


Throw the waste paper in the basket.

把廢紙扔到紙簍裏。


It's a waste of time.

那是浪費時間。


The city budget can afford no waste.

該市預算擔負不起浪費。


He trades in rags and waste paper.

他做破舊衣服和廢紙生意。


It's a sheer waste of time.

這純粹是浪費時間。