waste是什么意思_waste怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;"they collect the waste once a week"
"much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"
"mindless dissipation of natural resources"

the trait of wasting resources;"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"
"the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;"the barrens of central Africa"
"the trackless wastes of the desert"

(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

Adjective:

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate;"a desert island"
"a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"
"a wild stretch of land"
"waste places"

Verb:

spend thoughtlessly; throw away;"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

use inefficiently or inappropriately;"waste heat"
"waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

get rid of;"We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

run off as waste;"The water wastes back into the ocean"

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing;"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"

spend extravagantly;"waste not, want not"

lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief;"After her husband died, she just pined away"

cause to grow thin or weak;"The treatment emaciated him"

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

become physically weaker;"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

中英词源

waste 浪费，废物

来自拉丁语vastus,空的，荒废的，词源同vain,vast。引申词义浪费。

waste: waste: [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’, which has also given English devastate and vast. From this was formed the verb vāstāre ‘devastate, lay waste’, which passed into English via Old Northern French waster. The derivative wastrel dates from the 16th century.
=> devastate, vast
waste (v.): c. 1200, "devastate, ravage, ruin," from Anglo-French and Old North French waster "to waste, squander, spoil, ruin" (Old French gaster; Modern French gâter), altered (by influence of Frankish *wostjan) from Latin vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate, waste" (see vain). Related: wasted; wasting.

The Germanic word also existed in Old English as westan "to lay waste, ravage." Spanish gastar, Italian guastare also are from Germanic. Meaning "to lose strength or health; pine; weaken" is attested from c. 1300; the sense of "squander, spend or consume uselessly" is first recorded mid-14c.; meaning "to kill" is from 1964. Waste not, want not attested from 1778.
waste (n.): c. 1200, "desolate regions," from Anglo-French and Old North French wast "waste, damage, destruction; wasteland, moor" (Old French gast), from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).

Replaced or merged with Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meanings "consumption, depletion," also "useless expenditure" are from c. 1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c. 1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850.
waste (adj.): c. 1300, of land, "desolate, uncultivated," from Anglo-French and Old North French waste (Old French gaste), from Latin vastus (see waste (v.)). From c. 1400 as "superfluous, excess;" 1670s as "unfit for use." Waste-paper attested from 1580s.

词态变化

第三人称单数 wastes;
过去式 wasted;
过去分词 wasted;
现在分词 wasting;

权威造句

1. At the entry for " kill " , my thesaurus lists " murder " , " assassinate " and " waste " .: 我的同义词词典在kill条目中列出murder, assassinate, waste 词条.

2. Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.: 放射性水平低的固体废料将做地下深埋处理。

3. They make compost out of all kinds of waste.: 他们用各种废料制造堆肥。

4. Overcrowding has taxed the city"s ability to deal with waste.: 人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。

5. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.: 能从其他废料中分离出可重复利用成分是很关键的。

近反义词

desert

destruction

rubbish

ruin

wild

wilderness

blow

decline

destroy

adj.

bare

barren

empty

useless

wild

相似短语

lay waste 使荒废,使成废墟;蹂躏,毁灭

artesian waste 自流井水量损耗

waste disposal 处理废品

abnormal waste 非正常损耗

chemical waste 化学废弃物

fluoride waste 含氟废水

evaporated waste 蒸浓废物

factory waste 工厂废料

manioc waste 木薯渣

waste sorting 垃圾分类

单词分析

这些名词均含“废物，垃圾”之意。
waste普通用词，概念广泛，指任何被丢弃的东西。
garbage主要指有机废料，包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。
rubbish普通用词，指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西，尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。
litter是四下乱丢物品的总称，尤指散落于地，有碍观瞻的废物。
debris着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片，也指零散的普通废品。
junk指回收的旧汽车或大型机器，也指毫无实用价值，或破烂物体，但不指垃圾。

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