| 单词 | waster |
| 释义 | wasterWord family (noun) wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel (adjective) waste wasteful wasted wasting (verb) waste (adverb) wastefully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwasterwast‧er /ˈweɪstə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1 WASTE something British English informal someone who you think will never achieve any success in lifeAll her friends are drunks or wasters.2 → time/money/energy wasterExamples from the Corpuswaster• Unfortunately, he turned out to be a waster and dissipated his fortune before dying young.• Kate can't abide wasters, you know that as well as I do.• How could such an intelligent and articulate woman want a bloody waster like you?• FoE pinpointed fridges, light bulbs, washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, and tumble driers as energy wasters.• Romantic as it may be, a fireplace without glass doors is a real energy waster.• Although it is easy to dismiss meetings as time wasters, the above indicates why you should take them seriously. |
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