waste
英 [we?st]
美[west]
- n. 浪費(fèi)；廢物；荒地；損耗；地面風(fēng)化物
- vt. 浪費(fèi)；消耗；使荒蕪
- vi. 浪費(fèi)；變消瘦；揮霍錢財(cái)
- adj. 廢棄的；多余的；荒蕪的
詞組搭配
go to waste
be unused or expended to no purpose
被浪費(fèi)掉
lay waste to (或lay something (to) waste)
completely destroy
完全毀壞
a land laid waste by war.
被戰(zhàn)爭完全毀壞的國家。
waste one's breath
a land laid waste by war.
被戰(zhàn)爭完全毀壞的國家。
waste of space
(informal)a person perceived as useless or incompetent
(非正式)無用之人，無能之輩
waste not, want not
(proverb)if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance you will never be in need
(諺)不浪費(fèi)，不愁缺
waste words
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