waste, garbage, rubbish, litter, debris, junk

名詞 waste:

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
   同義詞：waste material, waste matter, waste product
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
   同義詞：wastefulness, dissipation
3. the trait of wasting resources
   同義詞：thriftlessness, wastefulness
4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
   同義詞：barren, wasteland
5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
   同義詞：permissive waste

動(dòng)詞 waste:

1. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
   同義詞：blow, squander
2. use inefficiently or inappropriately
3. get rid of
4. run off as waste
   同義詞：run off
5. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   同義詞：neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, knock off, do in
6. spend extravagantly
   同義詞：consume, squander, ware
7. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
   同義詞：pine away, languish
8. cause to grow thin or weak
   同義詞：emaciate, macerate
9. devastate or ravage
   同義詞：lay waste to, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
10. waste away
    同義詞：rot

形容詞 waste:

1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
   同義詞：desert, godforsaken, wild

1. All his efforts were wasted.
   他的所有努力都白費(fèi)了。
2. It's only a waste of time to speak to her.
   和她說話純粹是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。

waste

v.（動(dòng)詞）
wast.ed,wast.ing,wastes
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
浪費(fèi)：不考慮地或不仔細(xì)地使用、消費(fèi)、花費(fèi)或開銷
To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
使衰弱：使失去能量、力量或精力；使耗盡精力、疲憊或衰弱：
例句：
Disease wasted his body.
疾病使他身體衰弱

To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
失去：沒有利用或用于謀利；失去：
例句：
waste an opportunity.
錯(cuò)過機(jī)會(huì)

To destroy completely.
完全破壞
Slang To kill; murder.
【俚語】 殺死；謀殺
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled:
變衰弱：損失能量、力量、重量或精力；變衰弱或變消瘦：
例句：
wasting away from an illness.
因病變虛弱

To pass without being put to use:
消逝：未被使用就流走：
例句：
Time is wasting.
光陰飛逝

n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of wasting or the condition of being wasted:
浪費(fèi)：浪費(fèi)的行為或事例或被浪費(fèi)的狀況：
例句：
a waste of talent; gone to waste.
天賦的浪費(fèi)；浪費(fèi)

A place, region, or land that is uninhabited or uncultivated; a desert or wilderness.
荒蕪之地：無人居住或未開墾的地方、地區(qū)或土地；沙漠或荒地
A devastated or destroyed region, town, or building; a ruin.
廢墟：遭到毀壞或破壞之地區(qū)、市鎮(zhèn)或建筑物；廢墟

A useless or worthless byproduct, as from a manufacturing process.
廢品：生產(chǎn)過程中等產(chǎn)生的無用或無價(jià)值之副產(chǎn)品
Something, such as steam, that escapes without being used.
廢氣：未被使用而逃逸的東西，如蒸汽
Garbage; trash.
垃圾；廢物
The undigested residue of food eliminated from the body; excrement.
殘余物，排泄物：體內(nèi)排出的未消化的殘余食物；糞便
adj.（形容詞）
Regarded or discarded as worthless or useless:
無用的，廢棄的：被認(rèn)為無價(jià)值或無用的或因無價(jià)值或無用的而拋棄的：
例句：
waste trimmings.
無用的碎料

Used as a conveyance or container for refuse:
傳送廢物的，盛裝廢物的：用作傳送或盛裝廢物的：
例句：
a waste bin.
垃圾箱

Excreted from the body:
排泄的：從身體內(nèi)排泄的：
例句：
waste matter.
排泄物

<習(xí)慣用語>waste (one`s) breath
To gain or accomplish nothing by speaking.
徒費(fèi)口舌：費(fèi)了口舌卻一無所獲
來源：
Middle English wasten
中古英語 wasten
from Old North French waster
源自 古法國(guó)北方方言 waster
from Latin v3st3re [to make empty]
源自 拉丁語 v3st3re [使空]
from v3stus [empty] * see eu- 2
源自 v3stus [空的] *參見 eu- 2

<參考詞匯><同義詞>waste,blow,consume,dissipate,fritter,squanderThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to spend or expend without restraint and often to no avail.:
這些動(dòng)詞共有的中心意義是.無節(jié)制地且常常是無效地花費(fèi)或花銷.：
例句：
wasted her inheritance;
揮霍她繼承的遺產(chǎn)；

例句：
blew a fortune on a shopping spree;
瘋狂購物而浪費(fèi)錢財(cái)；

例句：
time and money consumed in litigation;
消耗在訴訟中的時(shí)間和金錢；

例句：
dissipating their energies in pointless argument;
在無意義的爭(zhēng)論中消費(fèi)精力；

例句：
frittering away her entire allowance;
揮霍掉她的所有津貼；

例句：
squandered his literary talent on writing commercials. save
在寫廣告上浪費(fèi)了他的文學(xué)天賦 save