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waste away
Translationswaste (weist) verb to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions. 浪費 浪费 noun1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material. 廢料，廢棄物 废料2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity. 浪費 浪费3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes. 荒地，荒涼水域，荒漠 荒地ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage. 浪費(的數量) 浪费，损耗量 ˈwasteful adjective involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful. (造成)浪費的 浪费的ˈwastefully adverb 浪費地 浪费地ˈwastefulness noun 浪費 浪费waste paper paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper. 廢紙 废纸wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə) a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket. 廢紙簍 废纸篓waste pipe (ˈweispaip) a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked. (洗碗(臉)槽的)污水管 下水管道，排污水管 waste away to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease. 日漸衰弱(消瘦) 变得衰弱（消瘦） waste away
waste away1. To dwindle toward a state of nothingness or complete decrepitude; to wither away. He didn't want them to see him wasting away from the cancer. The old industrial site just sits out there wasting away, unable to be rezoned due to contamination.2. To squander something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "waste" and "away." I feel like we've been wasting away every weekend watching TV. Let's try to get out of the house tomorrow. The old fool wasted his fortune away on trips to the casino.See also: away, wastewaste something awayto use something up wastefully; to dissipate something. He wasted all his money away and had to live in poverty. They wasted away everything and regretted it later.See also: away, wastewaste awayto wither or dwindle away. Our money just seemed to waste away. As she grew older, she just sort of wasted away.See also: away, wastewaste awayLose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s] See also: away, wastewaste awayv.1. To lose energy, strength, weight, or vigor; become weak or enfeebled: The patient wasted away from cancer.2. To spend some time idly or wastefully: They are wasting their lives away playing video games. The idle rich waste away their days. See also: away, wasteEncyclopediaSeewasteLegalSeeWaste |