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IELTS BNC: 1624 COCA: 1986
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  1. noun
    2. BAD USE
    UNWANTED MATTER
    EMPTY GROUND
    Idiom(s)
  2. verb
    3. USE BADLY
    KILL
    Idiom(s)
    Phrasal verb(s)
wastenounuk/weɪst/ us/weɪst/

waste noun BAD USE

B1 [ S or U ] an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.浪費；濫用

That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time.那次會議根本沒有取得什麽成果——純粹是浪費時間。
She's been unemployed for two years and it's such a waste of her talents.她已經失業兩年了，這純粹是浪費她的才華。
My mother couldn't stand waste - she always made us eat everything on our plates.我母親不能容忍浪費——她總是讓我們吃光自己盤子裏的所有東西。
go to waste

to not be used, eaten, etc.被浪費掉

You can even make stock from the bones, so that nothing goes to waste.你甚至可以用骨頭來做湯料，所以沒有什麽會被浪費掉。

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What a complete waste of time!

It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.

This report is nonsense and nothing but a waste of paper.

Buying that sports car was a sinful waste of money.

The conference was a monumental waste of time.

waste noun UNWANTED MATTER

B1 [ C or U ] unwanted matter or material of any type, especially what is left after useful substances or parts have been removed廢品，垃圾，廢物，廢料

This city produces 20 million tons of household waste each year.這個城市每年會産生2000萬噸生活垃圾。
He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.他反對將任何一種核廢料傾倒入海中。
Millions of gallons of untreated human waste (= excrement) flow into the river every day.每天都有幾百萬噸未經處理的人類糞便排入河中。
Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes.溢油現象很常見，就像傾倒有毒工業廢料一樣。
The Japanese recycle more than half of their waste paper.日本人對他們一半以上的廢紙進行回收。

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The government is having difficulty finding a safe depository for nuclear waste.

Most people do not want this country to become a dumping ground for toxic waste.

She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.

Liquid and solid waste is collected in the tank.

The Japanese recycle more than half their waste paper.

waste noun EMPTY GROUND

waste ground mainly UK

an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way（城市裏或市郊的）荒地

His body had been dumped in an area of waste ground just outside the city.他的屍體被胡亂地抛在了城外的一片荒地裏。
See also
wasteland
wastes [ plural ]

large areas of land that are not used to grow crops and have few living animals or plants荒原，不毛之地

the Arctic wastes of northern Siberia西伯利亞北部的極地荒原地區

Idiom(s)

waste of space
wasteverb [ T ]uk/weɪst/ us/weɪst/

waste verb [ T ] USE BADLY

B1 to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it浪費；未好好利用

You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower.洗盆浴而不洗淋浴，你會浪費大量的水。
Come on, let's get started - we've wasted enough time already.快點兒，我們開始吧——我們已經浪費了不少時間了。
Don't waste your money on such junk.别在這種垃圾上浪費你的錢。

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The way we waste this planet's resources is criminal.

A lot of water is wasted through leakage.

We have to change the public's perception that money is being wasted.

If you'd got on with your work instead of wasting time chatting, you'd be finished by now.

Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them.

waste verb [ T ] KILL

US slang to kill someone殺死，殺害，幹掉

Idiom(s)

not waste words
waste your breath
waste no time
waste not, want not
wasted on sb

Phrasal verb(s)

waste away

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