wastes
- v.浪费;白费;滥用;糟蹋;使…屈才;未充分利用
- n.废物,[材] 废料
- waste的第三人称单数
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VERB 浪费;白费
If you waste something 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.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。
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N-UNCOUNT 浪费;滥用;糟蹋
Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.The packets are measured to reduce waste...
包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
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N-UNCOUNT 废物;废料
Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.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。
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VERB 错过(机会)
If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
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VERB (因不被接受、理解等而)浪费(建议等);使徒劳无益
If you say that something is wasted on someone, 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.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。
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ADJ (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的,荒废的
Waste land 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.There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
教堂的后面有一块荒地。
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N-PLURAL 荒漠;沙漠
Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals....the barren wastes of the Sahara.
贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠
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PHRASE 被浪费;被糟蹋掉
If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.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。
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PHRASE 摧毁;把…变为荒地
If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
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PHRASE 勤俭节约,吃穿不缺
The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it....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
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to waste your breath→ see:breath
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The system wastes a large amount of water .
这套系统浪费了大量的水。
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He wastes time fiddling about with minor matters .
他把时间都浪费在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上。
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In my view it was a waste of time .
依我看,这是浪费时间。
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It 's a waste of time and energy .
那是浪费时间和精力。
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The car was found on a piece of waste ground .
那辆车是在一块荒地里发现的。
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What a waste of paper !
多么浪费纸啊!
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The report is critical of the department 's waste of resources .
报告批评了这个部门对资源的浪费。
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It seems such a waste to throw good food away .
把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。
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Don 't waste good money on that !
别把辛苦挣来的钱浪费在那上头!
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Why waste money on clothes you don 't need ?
为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢?
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Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal .
正在想办法解决废物处理的问题。
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The kids were playing on waste ground near the school .
孩子们在学校附近的荒地玩耍。
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It makes me wild to see such waste .
看到这种浪费现象让我非常生气。
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These meetings are a complete waste of time .
这些会议完全是白费时间。
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This is a criminal waste of resources .
这是一种浪费资源的可耻行为。
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As the waste materials decompose , they produce methane gas .
废物腐烂时会产生沼气。
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Don 't waste space by leaving a wide margin .
页边不要留太宽浪费版面。
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The problem is getting rid of nuclear waste .
问题是如何处理核废料。
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Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river .
工厂里的污水被抽到了附近的河里。
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It 's a sin to waste taxpayers ' money like that .
这样挥霍纳税人的钱太不应该。
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The river has been polluted with toxic waste from local factories .
当地工厂排放的有毒废弃物污染了这条河。
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I don 't want to waste time on trivialities .
我不想把时间浪费在一些琐碎小事上。
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Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea .
太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。
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It seems a pity to waste this food .
浪费这些食物真可惜。
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It 's a crying shame to waste all that food .
那么些食物都浪费了,真是太不像话了。
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A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive .
有毒废料这个问题证明难以解决。
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Many factories emptied their waste into the river .
许多工厂都将污水排进了这条河里。
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The waste paper is baled , then sent for recycling .
废纸被打成大包,然后送去回收再利用。
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His death was a senseless waste of life .
他白浪费了性命,死得毫无意义。
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They believe the statue is a waste of taxpayers ' money .
他们认为这座雕像糟蹋了纳税人的钱。