waste

vt

1. 糟蹋，浪费；未充分利用

• I wasted my time on trifles. 我在琐事上浪费了时间。

• Don't waste money on clothes you don't need. 不要乱花钱买那些你不需要的衣服。

2. 消耗，损耗，磨灭

• All his efforts were wasted. 他的努力全都白费了。

3. 使荒芜，毁坏

• Long dry periods wasted the land. 长期的干旱使土地荒芜。

4. 使(身体)衰弱，使消瘦

• The strange disease wasted his whole body. 他得了怪病，整个身体都垮了。

5. 美俚 杀死；使受重伤；战胜

词组(sb.) be wasted in (sth.) 屈尊做(某事)，大材小用地做某事 (sth.) be wasted on (sb.) 对于某人来说，…全是徒劳 waste no time (in) doing sth. 立即着手做某事 waste not, want not 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺 waste one's breath 白费唇舌