waste

關於waste的翻譯

廢物,浪費,損耗,消耗,荒地,垃圾,地面風化物 <<形容詞>>廢棄的,荒蕪的

waste definition

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
• examples: they collect the waste once a week
• examples: much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
• examples: if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
• examples: mindless dissipation of natural resources
3. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
4. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
• examples: He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
• examples: You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
5. use inefficiently or inappropriately
• examples: waste heat
• examples: waste a joke on an unappreciative audience
6. get rid of
• examples: We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer
7. run off as waste
• examples: The water wastes back into the ocean
8. cause to grow thin or weak
• examples: The treatment emaciated him
9. become physically weaker
• examples: Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world