Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1624
waste
废物;垃圾
核心释义
Unwanted, useless, or damaged material; rubbish or garbage.
- 1.
多余材料、无用副产品或损坏、无法销售的产品;垃圾;废物
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- 2.
无用的废弃材料
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- 3.
排泄物或尿液
Excrement or urine.
- 4.
无益或无效的活动;随意挥霍或浪费
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- 5.
荒地;无人居住的荒凉地区;荒野或沙漠
A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- 6.
浪费资源的特性
the trait of wasting resources
- 7.
被毁坏或破坏的地方
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- 8.
大片未开垦的土地
A large tract of uncultivated land.
- 9.
广阔的水域
A vast expanse of water.
- 10.
废弃的矿井或其一部分
A disused mine or part of one.
- 11.
浪费的行为或过程;过度消耗或无效使用
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- 12.
大量过剩的东西,特指未被使用
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- 13.
逐渐流失或衰败
Gradual loss or decay.
- 14.
疾病导致的身体衰弱;萎缩;消瘦
A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- 15.
未来权益所有人可对当前所有人提起的诉讼,以防止其故意或疏忽降低财产价值或特性
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- 16.
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
浪费;挥霍;排泄物;粪便;尿;荒地;荒野;不毛之地;废墟;被毁坏的地方;大片水域;茫茫水面
用法In use
Recycling helps reduce the amount of waste we produce.
用法提示:waste 在此作不可数名词,意为‘垃圾/废料’。
The beach was covered with plastic waste after the storm.
用法提示:waste 作名词,指‘废弃物、垃圾’。
The factory must find a safe way to dispose of its chemical waste.
用法提示:waste 为不可数名词,指‘废料、废物’。
they collect the waste once a week
much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- household waste
- 生活垃圾
- Household waste should be sorted before collection.生活垃圾在收集前应进行分类。
- industrial waste
- 工业废料
- The river was polluted by industrial waste from nearby factories.这条河被附近工厂的工业废料污染了。
- hazardous waste
- 危险废物
- Hazardous waste must be disposed of separately.危险废物必须单独处理。
- food waste
- 食物垃圾
- We compost food waste to reduce our environmental impact.我们将食物垃圾堆肥以减少对环境的影响。
- waste disposal
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想起 '未食的' 谐音,未食完的就是废料。
语境与语域Context & Register
该义项(废弃物)在正式和非正式场合均常见,适用于工业、家庭、环境等场景,语体为中性的。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words contain the same ending sound /eɪst/. Note that 'waist' is a homophone of 'waste' but spelled with 'ai' instead of 'a'. All other words end in '-aste'.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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