在美國(guó)當(dāng)代英語語料庫(kù)統(tǒng)計(jì)的20000個(gè)常用詞中，waste排在第2000位，在4.5億個(gè)單詞中出現(xiàn)了19069次。今天我們就一起來看看waste的日常用法。

頻率最高的搭配：

形容詞詞組：hazardous waste(有害廢棄物）>solid waste（固體廢棄物）>toxic waste（有毒廢物）>nuclear waste（核廢料）

名詞詞組：waste time>waste management>waste disposal（廢物處理）>waste site（廢物處置場(chǎng)）

動(dòng)詞詞組：reduce waste>generate waste>dispose waste

詞形變化：

wastes，wasted，wasted

詞義解析：

n. 1.(an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.)浪費(fèi)；濫用

That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time.
那次會(huì)議根本沒有取得什么成果——純粹是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。

She's been a housewife for two years and it's such a waste of her talents.
她已經(jīng)做了兩年家庭主婦，這純粹是浪費(fèi)她的才華。

2. (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

He opposes any kind of nuclear waste being dumped at sea.
他反對(duì)將任何一種核廢料傾倒入海中。

Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes.
溢油現(xiàn)象很常見，就像傾倒有毒工業(yè)廢料一樣。

ground (mainly UK) ?an area of ground in or near a city that is not built on or used in any way（城市里或市郊的）荒地

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(qū)

v.(to use too much of something or use something badly when there is a limited amount of it 浪費(fèi)；未好好利用)

We've wasted enough time already.
我們已經(jīng)浪費(fèi)了不少時(shí)間了。


詞組搭配（按使用頻率依次遞減）：

1.waste away:(to gradually get thinner and weaker, in a way that is unhealthy 逐漸消瘦；漸漸瘦弱)

You're wasting away!
你真是越來越瘦弱了！

2.waste of space：(informal)a person or thing that is not useful or helpful 廢物，無用的人

That man is a total waste of space.
那個(gè)人完全是個(gè)廢物。

3.waste product:(a substance of no value or use that is made during a process in which something useful is produced 無用的副產(chǎn)品；工業(yè)垃圾)

Cadmium is a toxic waste product of the electronics industry.
鎘是電子工業(yè)產(chǎn)生的一種有毒廢物。

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