单词	wastage
释义	wastagewast‧age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable] formal Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a result, there was a lot of wastage in every area of our lives. Count part tiles as whole ones, then add an extra 5% to allow for wastage. For the Army we are talking about in excess of 10,000 redundancies and much of the other reductions will occur through natural wastage. The mean wastage rate therefore is 37.5 %, which gives us a figure for last year of 375m untouched desserts. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► natural · For the Army we are talking about in excess of 10,000 redundancies and much of the other reductions will occur through natural wastage.· There is a natural wastage of at least five percent on any diet.· Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage are expected instead of sackings.· He didn't mind the natural wastage, at all.· Membership from now on will be by invitation only as existing places become available through natural wastage.· Ten of the posts to go will disappear through natural wastage.· No, natural wastage, as they call it these days, took care of the decrease. NOUN► rate · The mean wastage rate therefore is 37.5 %, which gives us a figure for last year of 375m untouched desserts.· He analysed these results in terms of output, wastage rates, labour turnover and absenteeism.· What is needed is the urgent introduction of single tier training schemes of shortened duration with wastage rates of around 10%.· The figures for wastage rates between levels of education reproduce much the same patterns between different regions and between the sexes. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► natural wastage For the Army we are talking about in excess of 10,000 redundancies and much of the other reductions will occur through natural wastage. He didn't mind the natural wastage, at all. Membership from now on will be by invitation only as existing places become available through natural wastage. No, natural wastage, as they call it these days, took care of the decrease. Ten of the posts to go will disappear through natural wastage. There is a natural wastage of at least five percent on any diet. Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage are expected instead of sackings. Word family WORD FAMILYnounwastagewastewastefulnesswasterwastreladjectivewastewastefulwastedwastingverbwasteadverbwastefully 1when something is lost or destroyed, especially in a way that is not useful or reasonable, or the amount that is lost or destroyed:  The system used to result in a great deal of food wastage.wastage of wastage of ability among working class children2natural wastage British English a reduction in the number of workers because of people leaving, retiring etc and not because they have lost their jobs
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