| 单词 | waste |
| 释义 | waste waste // verb, noun, adjective
■ verb [+ obj]
1 to use more of sth than is necessary or useful: We don't want to waste money on equipment that we won't use much. They are wasting their time trying to break into the US market.
to waste energy/money/time
2 (usually be wasted) to not make good or full use of sb/sth: His talents are wasted in that job. It was a wasted opportunity.
■ noun
1 [U; sing.] the act of using sth in a careless or unnecessary way, so that it is lost or destroyed: The report is critical of the department's waste of resources.
2 [sing.] a situation in which it is not worth spending time, money, etc. on sth: These meetings are a complete waste of time.
3 [U] (also wastes [pl.]) materials that are no longer needed and are thrown away
❖ household/industrial/radioactive/toxic waste
■ adjective [usually before noun]
no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away: Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river. |
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