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wasted

英 ['weɪstɪd] 美['westɪd]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

adj. 浪费的
v. 浪费（waste的过去式）

英英释意

1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;: "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

2. not used to good advantage;: "squandered money cannot be replaced"; "a wasted effort"

3. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use;: "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

4. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;: "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

5. made uninhabitable;: "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"

英文词源

wasted (adj.): late 14c., "enfeebled," past participle adjective from waste (v.). Slang meaning "intoxicated" is from 1950s.

考试真题

They may regret the time they wasted.

However, characteristics associated with modern consumer culture mean produce is often wasted through retail and customer behaviour.

These mini-satellites can fit in a launch vehicle's formerly "wasted space".

This week the Italian government passed legislation that aimed to dramatically reduce the amount of food wasted in the country.

By doing that hundreds of dollars are wasted on classes that they would have never needed to take.

He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring.

Not a single day has been wasted, though I can never tell when knowing the population of Nepal might prove useful.

And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans' economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.

Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent releases, and more profit.

实用场景例句

We had a wasted trip─they weren't in.: 我们白跑了一趟，他们不在。

thin wasted legs: 枯瘦的双腿

I'm sorry you had a wasted journey.: 非常抱歉让你白跑了一趟。

They look too wasted to care about much.: 他们看上去疲惫不堪,以至于顾不上太多。

This causes trade of venture capital investment great interest.: 这引起风险投资商极大兴趣.

Much of our research is wasted on trivia.: 我们的许多研究都浪费在一些无足轻重的琐事上.

Large amounts of money were wasted.: 浪费了大量的钱.

He was wasted by disease.: 他因患病而虚弱.

They wasted away for lack of food.: 由于食物的缺乏,他们越来越虚弱了.

It is distressing to see food being wasted like this.: 这样浪费粮食令人痛心.

If my plan isn't approved of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.: 如果我的计划得不到委员会的批准, 我的功夫就白费了.

I've wasted an entire day on this.: 在这上面我已经浪费了一整天的时间.

He has wasted all the money.: 他把钱都抖搂光了.

It is time I woke up to myself. I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career.: 我该清醒认识自己了. 我无所事事浪费了太多的时间, 差点毁了我的事业.

The soldiers wasted the fields.: 那些士兵糟蹋了田地.

If we don't do a good job now, all the work we've done will be wasted.: 弄得不好, 就会全功尽弃.

I wasted a lot of time for him ( and he didn't turn up ).: 我干等了他半天.

Long dry periods wasted the land.: 长期干旱使土地荒芜了.

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

Hurling his arms and legs around wildly, he kept afloat but wasted much effort.: 他用胳膊和腿在水中乱划, 这样虽可以漂浮,但却白费了许多力气.

Except for what he spent on haircuts, books and daily necessities he never wasted a penny.: 除了理发、买书和必要的日用品之外,他从不浪费一分钱.

The long illness had wasted the old man's strength.: 长期生病消耗了这老人的体力.

Such opportunities should not be missed [ lost , wasted ] .: 这种机会不应错过.

The project wasted a considerable amount of time and money.: 那项工程耗费了相当多的时间和资金。

We had a wasted trip—they weren't in.: 我们白跑了一趟，他们不在。

He must have thought Jane was worth it or he wouldn't have wasted time on her, I suppose.: 我想，他一定认为简值得他这么做，否则他不会在她身上浪费时间。

His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.: 他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。

Tom wasted no time in telling me why he had come.: 汤姆马上告诉了我他来的原因。