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waste

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waste

/weɪst/

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●go/run to ˈwaste

not be used and therefore wasted （由于闲置而）荒废，被浪费掉

◆What a pity to see all that food go to waste!
真可惜，这么多食物被扔掉了！

●waste your ˈbreath (on sb/sth)

speak to sb or about sb/sth but not have any effect 白费口舌

◆Don’t waste your breath on her. She doesn’t take advice from anybody.
别对她徒费唇舌了，她从不听劝。

◆I feel like I’m just wasting my breath trying to explain things to him.
我觉得跟他解释简直是白说。

●ˌwaste not, ˈwant not

(saying)

if you never waste anything, for example food or money, you will have it when you need it 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺

◆Come on, finish your food, children. Waste not, want not!
来，孩子们，把饭吃完。勤俭节约，吃穿不缺！

●a waste of ˈspace

(spoken)

a person who is useless or no good at anything 无用的人；干什么都不行的人；废物

◆What did you have to ask him along for? He’s a complete waste of space!
你叫他跟来干什么？他一点忙都帮不上！

●lay sth ˈwaste

●lay ˈwaste to sth

(formal)

destroy everything, especially in a war （尤指战争中）摧毁一切

◆As the army retreated, it laid waste to thousands of acres of farmland.军队后撤时毁坏了几千英亩农田。

●lose/waste no ˈtime (in doing sth)

do sth quickly and without delay （做某事）毫不拖延；不浪费时间；迅速行动

◆As soon as she arrived back home, she lost no time in visiting all her old friends.她一回到家就立刻去拜访所有的老朋友。

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waste是什么意思