a waste of sth
常用于表示对时间、金钱等的浪费。
This is a waste of money.
这是浪费钱。
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
Unwanted, useless, or damaged material; rubbish or garbage.
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.
无用的废弃材料
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
排泄物或尿液
Excrement or urine.
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
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.
浪费资源的特性
the trait of wasting resources
被毁坏或破坏的地方
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
大片未开垦的土地
A large tract of uncultivated land.
广阔的水域
A vast expanse of water.
废弃的矿井或其一部分
A disused mine or part of one.
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.
大量过剩的东西,特指未被使用
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
逐渐流失或衰败
Gradual loss or decay.
疾病导致的身体衰弱;萎缩;消瘦
A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
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.
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
Recycling helps reduce the amount of waste we produce.
回收利用有助于减少我们产生的废物量。
用法提示:waste 在此作不可数名词,意为‘垃圾/废料’。
AI contextual example
The beach was covered with plastic waste after the storm.
暴风雨过后,海滩上满是塑料垃圾。
用法提示:waste 作名词,指‘废弃物、垃圾’。
AI contextual example
The factory must find a safe way to dispose of its chemical waste.
这家工厂必须找到安全处理其化学废料的方法。
用法提示:waste 为不可数名词,指‘废料、废物’。
AI contextual example
常用于表示对时间、金钱等的浪费。
This is a waste of money.
这是浪费钱。
修饰词可以是 household, industrial, toxic 等。
Household waste should be separated.
家庭垃圾应该分类。
指出废料的来源。
Waste from factories pollutes the river.
工厂的废料污染了河流。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many wastes in the bin.
正确表达There is a lot of waste in the bin.
作为“废弃物”时,waste是不可数名词,不能用复数形式wastes,也不能用many修饰;应用much或a lot of,动词用单数is。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please pick up a waste on the floor.
正确表达Please pick up some waste on the floor.
“废弃物”不可数,不能用不定冠词a修饰;表示“一些”时应用some或the,或者直接用零冠词。
与waste(废弃物)相对,指有使用价值的东西
生活垃圾
Household waste should be sorted before collection.
生活垃圾在收集前应进行分类。
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。
危险废物
Hazardous waste must be disposed of separately.
危险废物必须单独处理。
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。
废物处理
Proper waste disposal is essential for public health.
适当的废物处理对公共卫生至关重要。
废物管理
The company specializes in waste management services.
这家公司专门提供废物管理服务。
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浪费时间
This meeting is a complete waste of time.
这个会议完全是浪费时间。
勤俭节约,不愁匮乏
My grandmother always said waste not, want not, so she never threw away leftovers.
我祖母总是说勤俭节约,不愁匮乏,所以她从不扔掉剩饭剩菜。
被浪费掉
We shouldn't let all this food go to waste.
我们不应该让所有这些食物被浪费掉。
不浪费,不匮乏。
My grandmother always said, 'Waste not, want not,' so she never threw away leftovers.
我祖母总是说‘不浪费,不匮乏’,所以她从不扔掉剩菜。
欲速则不达。
If you rush through your homework, you'll make mistakes; haste makes waste.
如果你匆忙做作业,你会犯错;欲速则不达。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.