| 释义 |
waste²v [t] 1. to use something in a way that is not sensible or useful, or use more of it than you should 浪费; 滥用:◇waste time/money etc they wasted a lot of time trying to fix the computer themselves. 他们想自己修理电脑，浪费了大量时间。 2. waste no time/not waste any time to do something as quickly as you can because you know it will be useful to you 不浪费时间，尽快 3. be wasted if someone is wasted in their job, they have many skills that are not used, and they should get a different job 未能发挥特长的，大材小用的waste awayto gradually become thinner and weaker, especially because you are ill ［尤因生病而］逐渐消瘦 |