| 单词 | waste |
| 释义 | noun | verb | adjective wastewaste1 /weɪst/ ●●● S3 noun 1BAD USE [singular, uncountable] the use of something, for example money or skills, in a way that is not effective, useful, or sensible, or an occasion when you use more of something than you should: The committee will study ways to reduce waste in state spending.waste of Working as a secretary is a waste of your talent.2UNWANTED MATERIALS [uncountable] unwanted materials or substances that are left after you have used something: It’s a good idea to recycle household waste. There’s no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste.► see thesaurus at garbage3be a waste of time/money/effort etc. to not be worth the time, money, etc. that you use because there is little or no result: We should never have gone – it was a total waste of time.4go to waste if something goes to waste, it is not used after it has been prepared or done: Don’t let all this food go to waste.5somebody is a waste of space spoken used to say that someone has no good qualities6LAND [countable usually plural] especially literary a large empty or useless area of land: The team traveled across the icy wastes of Antarctica.[Origin: (1-5) 1200–1300 Old North French waster, from Latin vastare to lay waste, destroy] → see also lay waste (to something) at lay1 (1), wastelandCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsrecycle waste How much of our household waste is recycled?get rid of waste (also dispose of waste formal) One way of disposing of waste is to burn it.generate/produce/create waste The process generates a lot of waste.dump waste They were fined for illegally dumping waste.burn waste (also incinerate waste formal) For many years, solid waste was incinerated.adjectivessolid waste Only about 10 percent of solid waste is recycled.household/domestic waste Newspapers and magazines make up 10% of household waste.industrial waste (=from factories) A lot of pollution is caused by industrial waste.agricultural waste Scientists are trying to develop fuels from agricultural waste.chemical waste There should be stricter controls over chemical waste.hazardous/toxic waste They were fined for illegal dumping of hazardous waste.radioactive/nuclear waste Radioactive waste must be safely transported.human waste (=from people going to the toilet) The smell of human waste filled the prison.waste + nounswaste disposal (=getting rid of waste) There are strict rules about hazardous waste disposal.waste treatment (=making waste less harmful) The company was praised for its waste treatment program.waste management (=the business or activity of dealing with waste) The Waste Management Department is responsible for trash collection. noun | verb | adjective wastewaste2 ●●● S2 W3 verb 1NOT USE EFFECTIVELY [transitive] to not use money, time, energy, etc. in a way that is effective, useful, or sensible, or to use more of it than you should: Leaving lights on all the time wastes electricity.waste something on somebody/something Don’t waste your money on that junk! They wasted a lot of time trying to fix the TV set themselves.2waste no time (in) doing something to do something as quickly as you can because it will help you: He wasted no time in introducing himself.3be wasted on somebody if something is wasted on someone, he or she does not understand it or think it is worth considering: The irony of the situation was not wasted on me.4be wasted in something not using all your abilities in a particular job, activity, etc.: Her comic talent is wasted in the movie.5waste not, want not used to say that if you use what you have carefully, you will always have enough6KILL somebody [transitive] slang to kill or defeat someone7ILLNESS [transitive] if an illness wastes someone, he or she become thinner and weaker → see also don’t waste your breath at breath (4), wasted, wastingwaste away phrasal verb to gradually become thinner and weaker, usually because you are sick noun | verb | adjective wastewaste3 ●●○ adjective [usually before noun] 1waste materials, substances, etc. are unwanted because the good part of them has been removed2used for holding or carrying away materials and substances that are not wanted anymore: a sewage waste pipe → see also lay waste (to something) at lay1 (9), wasteland |
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