中英词典:waste
形容词(Adjective):
- 浪费的(指资源、时间、金钱等)
- 废弃的(指物品或地方)
- 无用的(指行动或努力)
名词(Noun):
- 浪费(指资源、时间、金钱等的浪费)
- 废料(指废弃物或废品)
- 荒地(指不育的土地)
词语辨析:
1. waste和wasteful都含有“浪费”的意思,但waste通常作形容词或名词使用,而wasteful则更常用作形容词。
2. waste可以表示废弃的物品或废弃物,而garbage则更常用来指厨余垃圾。
词汇扩充:
1. wasted(形容词):消瘦的,消耗掉的
2. wasteland(名词):荒芜的土地
3. wastefulness(名词):浪费,挥霍
4. wastepaper(名词):废纸
5. wastebasket(名词):废纸篓
近义词(Synonyms):
squander, misuse, exhaust, deplete
反义词(Antonyms):
save, conserve, preserve
柯林斯词典(Collins Dictionary):
1. Waste (形容词):If something such as time, money, or skill is wasted, it is not used, or is not used effectively or properly.
2. Waste (名词):Waste is the use of more of something than is necessary or useful, or the act of using something in this way.
牛津词典(Oxford Dictionary):
1. Waste (形容词):(of a material, substance, or byproduct) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.
2. Waste (名词):An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
用法:
1. Don't waste your time on trivial matters. (不要把时间浪费在琐事上。)
2. We should reduce waste and recycle more. (我们应该减少浪费,多进行回收。)
3. The company disposes of its waste in an environmentally friendly way. (公司以环保的方式处理废弃物。)
4. He felt a sense of waste after throwing away the broken toy. (扔掉那个坏掉的玩具后,他感到一种浪费的感觉。)
例句:
- Don't waste your energy on things that don't matter.(不要把精力浪费在无关紧要的事情上。)
- It's a waste of time arguing with her.(和她争论是浪费时间。)
- He wasted his money on gambling.(他把钱都浪费在赌博上了。)
- She stared out at the waste landscape.(她凝视着荒凉的风景。)
- They built a factory on the waste ground.(他们在废弃地上建了一座工厂。)
- He felt a sense of waste after losing the championship.(输掉锦标赛后,他感到一种失败的感觉。)
- The government is taking measures to reduce waste.(政府正在采取措施减少浪费。)
- She threw the waste paper into the bin.(她把废纸扔进了垃圾桶。)
- He wasted away after months of illness.(经过几个月的病痛,他消瘦下来。)
- They wasted no time in starting the project.(他们立即开始了这个项目,没有浪费任何时间。)
- She felt wasteful for throwing away perfectly good food.(她因为扔掉了完好无损的食物而感到浪费。)
- The wasteful use of resources is a major concern.(资源的浪费性使用是一个重要的问题。)
- They disposed of the waste products in an appropriate manner.(他们以适当的方式处理了废弃产品。)
- He lived in a wasteland after the war.(战后他生活在一片荒地上。)
- She is known for her wasteful spending habits.(她以挥霍无度的消费习惯而闻名。)
- We need to address the issue of plastic waste.(我们需要解决塑料废弃物的问题。)
- He wasted his talent by not pursuing his passion.(他由于没有追求自己的激情而浪费了自己的才华。)
- They wasted their opportunity to win the game.(他们错失了赢得比赛的机会。)
- He disposed of the waste materials in an environmentally friendly way.(他以环保的方式处理废弃物料。)
- She threw the empty bottle into the waste bin.(她把空瓶子扔进了废物箱。)
- The company is committed to reducing waste and promoting sustainability.(该公司致力于减少浪费,促进可持续发展。)