英语词汇“to run to waste”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to run to waste (rarely †to flow at waste): primarily of liquor, to flow away so as to be wasted; figurative of wealth, powers, etc., to be expended uselessly.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > be wasteful > be wasted

to go to wastea1500

to run to waste1511

to flow at waste1641

to fly waste1770

to run waste1814

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xv^v Moche water renneth nowe to waste.

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. iii. 95 Shall this nectar Runn [e] vseless then to waste?

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 41 Like that which flows at wast from the pen of some vulgar Amorist.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iii. 54 This will secure the Workings of your Soul from running to waste, and..even your looser Moments will turn to happy Account.

1803 C. Lamb Let. 20 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 111 You like me..reckon the lapse of time from the waste thereof, as boys let a cock run to waste.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxx. 63 Alas! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desart.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 412 In an age of Scotists and Thomists even his intellect might have run to waste.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 128 Beside a table, on which flared the remnant of a candle guttering to waste in the socket.]

1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. v. 166 The faculties of the mind..run to waste if neglected.

1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 437 The sewage..ran to waste on the sea-shore.

1900 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 16 12 The water..is run to waste.

单词	to run to waste
释义	> as lemmas to run to waste a. to run to waste (rarely †to flow at waste): primarily of liquor, to flow away so as to be wasted; figurative of wealth, powers, etc., to be expended uselessly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > be wasteful > be wasted to go to wastea1500 to run to waste1511 to flow at waste1641 to fly waste1770 to run waste1814 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xv^v Moche water renneth nowe to waste. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. iii. 95 Shall this nectar Runn [e] vseless then to waste? 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 41 Like that which flows at wast from the pen of some vulgar Amorist. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. iii. 54 This will secure the Workings of your Soul from running to waste, and..even your looser Moments will turn to happy Account. 1803 C. Lamb Let. 20 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 111 You like me..reckon the lapse of time from the waste thereof, as boys let a cock run to waste. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxx. 63 Alas! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desart. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 412 In an age of Scotists and Thomists even his intellect might have run to waste. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 128 Beside a table, on which flared the remnant of a candle guttering to waste in the socket.] 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. v. 166 The faculties of the mind..run to waste if neglected. 1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 437 The sewage..ran to waste on the sea-shore. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 16 12 The water..is run to waste. extracted from wasten. < as lemmas
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