1missing an opportunity to do/use sth浪費ADJECTIVE | VERB + WASTE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤absolute, complete, total, utter完全的浪費;徹底的浪費◇The whole thing has been a complete waste of time.整個事情純粹是浪費時間。➤big, colossal, enormous, great, huge, tremendous大量的浪費;巨大的浪費;嚴重的浪費▸➤awful, criminal, senseless, shocking, terrible可怕的浪費;可恥的浪費;無意義的浪費;驚人的浪費◇a criminal waste of public money可恥的公款浪費➤needless, pointless, unnecessary, useless不必要的浪費;無意義的浪費▸➤tragic可悲的浪費◇a tragic waste of human life對生命的糟蹋➤expensive代價沉重的浪費▸➤conspicuous明顯的浪費VERB + WASTE➤go to浪費掉◇If nobody comes all this food will go to waste.沒人來的話,所有這些食物就要浪費掉了。➤cause造成浪費▸➤avoid避免浪費◇Try to avoid unnecessary waste.盡量避免不必要的浪費。➤cut, cut down on, reduce減少浪費▸➤minimize將浪費降至最低PREPOSITION➤waste of⋯的浪費◇a waste of energy / resources能源/資源的浪費waste
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2unwanted substances/things廢料;廢棄物ADJECTIVE | VERB + WASTE | WASTE + VERB | WASTE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤dangerous, harmful, hazardous, poisonous, toxic危險的廢料;有害廢棄物;有毒廢料◇a dump containing hazardous waste含有有害廢棄物的垃圾場➤high-level, low-level高放/低放廢物▸➤recyclable, recycled可回收/回收的廢棄物▸➤agricultural, commercial, industrial農業/商業/工業垃圾▸➤domestic, household, kitchen家庭/生活/廚餘垃圾◇All household waste should be disposed of in strong garbage bags.所有的生活垃圾都應放到結實的垃圾袋裏進行處理。➤clinical, hospital, infectious, medical醫療垃圾;醫院垃圾;傳染性廢棄物;醫療廢棄物▸➤nuclear, radioactive核廢物;放射性廢物▸➤chemical化學廢棄物▸➤plastic塑料廢棄物➤electronic電子垃圾◇the vast amounts of electronic waste being shipped to developing countries被運到發展中國家的大量電子垃圾➤green, organic綠色/有機廢料▸➤animal, fish, hog, livestock, poultry動物排泄物;魚的排泄物;豬的糞便;家畜排泄物;家禽排泄物▸➤bodily, body, human糞便;人體排泄物➤factory, mining, slaughterhouse (especially NAmE) 工廠廢料;礦場垃圾;屠宰場垃圾◇new regulations on the feeding of slaughterhouse waste to cattle關於用屠宰場廢料餵牛的新規定➤garden, plant, vegetable, wood, yard (NAmE) 園藝垃圾;植物性廢料;蔬菜垃圾;木材廢料;庭院垃圾▸➤municipal市政垃圾▸➤liquid, solid液體/固體廢物▸➤energy, food能源廢棄物;食物垃圾➤building, construction (NAmE) 建築垃圾;施工廢棄物◇Three quarters of all construction waste was recycled.四分之三的建築垃圾都得到了回收利用。VERB + WASTE➤create, generate, produce產生垃圾◇Tonnes of waste are produced every year.每年產生數以噸計的垃圾。➤dispose of, dump, get rid of處理廢棄物;傾倒垃圾;清除垃圾◇More people are dumping waste illegally.越來越多的人在非法傾倒垃圾。➤clean up, remove清理/清除垃圾◇the highly expensive task of cleaning up toxic waste清理有毒廢棄物這一花費極大的工作➤burn, incinerate燃燒/焚燒垃圾◇an incinerator for burning hospital waste燃燒醫院垃圾的焚化爐➤bury, store填埋/存放垃圾▸➤process, treat處理廢物◇facilities for processing radioactive waste處理放射性廢物的設施➤convert into sth, recycle將廢棄物轉化為⋯;回收廢棄物◇technology to convert solid waste into renewable energy將固體廢物轉化為再生能源的技術➤deal with, handle, manage處理廢棄物◇the best solutions for managing waste處理垃圾的最好辦法➤cut, cut down on, minimize, reduce減少廢料;把垃圾減到最小量;減少垃圾▸➤eliminate清除垃圾▸➤export, import輸出/輸入垃圾◇Industrialized countries continue to export their waste.工業化國家繼續輸出垃圾。WASTE + VERB➤contaminate sth, pollute sth垃圾污染⋯◇areas contaminated by industrial waste受到工業垃圾污染的地區WASTE + NOUN➤collection垃圾收集▸➤disposal, incineration垃圾處理/焚化▸➤storage垃圾存放▸➤processing, recycling, reprocessing, treatment垃圾處理;垃圾回收利用;垃圾再處理◇a waste processing plant垃圾處理廠➤management廢棄物管理▸➤minimization, reduction垃圾最少化;垃圾減少▸➤basket, bin, paper basket (especially BrE) 廢紙簍;垃圾箱▸➤dump, facility, repository, site, tip (BrE) 垃圾場;垃圾處理場所;垃圾存放處;垃圾收集站◇The river was used for years as an industrial waste dump.這條河多年來被用作工業垃圾傾倒場。➤incinerator垃圾焚化爐▸➤pipe (especially BrE) 污水管waste
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3wastesareas of ground not lived in or cultivated荒地ADJECTIVE➤desert, frozen, icy荒漠;冰原◇the frozen wastes of Antarctica南極地區的冰原waste
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ADVERB | VERB + WASTE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤(not) completely, (not) entirely, (not) totally(沒有)完全浪費;(沒有)全部浪費◇In the end her efforts were not entirely wasted.她的努力最終沒有完全白費。➤just, simply只是浪費◇You're just wasting your breath. She never listens.你只是在白費口舌,她從來不聽別人的話。➤largely在很大程度上浪費VERB + WASTE➤can't afford to, not want to浪費不起;不想浪費◇He didn't want to waste valuable time in idle gossip.他不想把寶貴的時光浪費在說長道短中。➤hate to討厭浪費◇Their father hated to waste energy.他們的父親討厭浪費能源。➤be a shame to, seem a shame to浪費⋯很可惜◇It seems a shame to waste this good food.糟蹋了這麼好的食物真可惜。➤not be going to, not intend to, refuse to不打算/不想/拒絕浪費◇I'm not going to waste any more time on the problem.我不打算在這個問題上再浪費時間了。PREPOSITION➤on浪費在⋯上◇Don't waste your money on a hotel room.不要把錢浪費在賓館房間上。PHRASES➤no time to waste時間緊張◇Hurry up-there's no time to waste!快點兒,沒時間了!
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