| 单词 | wasted |
| 释义 | wasted (once / 360 pages) adj WORD FAMILY waste: wastage, wasted, wasteful, waster, wastes, wasting+/wastage: wastages/wasteful: wastefully, wastefulness/waster: wasters/wasting: wastings USAGE EXAMPLESHe wasted no time in tackling his disease with fervor. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Speaking of huge amounts of money being wasted, in ... Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Promoters wasted little time, organizing a high-profile event at Madison Square Garden only a few months after the ban was lifted. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being advice is wasted words Syn otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous worthless lacking in usefulness or value 2adj not used to good advantage a wasted effort Syn squandered lost no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered 3adj (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use Syn|Ant atrophied, diminished enlarged, hypertrophied (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells 4adj very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration Syn bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal lean, thin lacking excess flesh |
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