waste

A：I would suggest that you use this material instead of that .
      我建议你改用这种替代那种。

waste的近义词

B：But that costs more .
      可是那样成本较高。

waste的意思

A：But you will get less waste from this .
      但可以减少浪费。

B：We‘ll try it once .
      那么就试一次看看吧。

A：The last order didn‘t work out too well for us
      上回订的货用起来不怎么顺。

B：What was wrong?
      有什么问题吗？

A：We were developing too much waste .
      生产出来的废品太多了。

B：I suggest you go up to our next higher price level.
      我建议您采用我们价格再高一级的货

waste什么意思

A：Wow, I love those jeans! Are they designer jeans?
      哇，我喜欢那些牛仔裤。他们是名牌吗？

B：I don’t know. My mother just gave them to me.
      我不知道，是我妈妈给我的。

waste的反义词

A：Let me see. These are really expensive jeans! Your mother must really love you.
      让我看看。这牛仔裤真的很贵。你的妈妈一定很爱你。

B：I guess. I don’t really like designer clothes though. I don’t know why people spend so much money on a piece of clothing. The money could be spent in a much better way.
      我想是的。可我不怎么喜欢名牌衣服。我不明白为什么人们要在一件衣服上花这么多的钱。钱应该花在更好的地方。

A：Well, if you decide you don’t want them, let me know. I’m sure I could find someone who would like to wear them.
      如果你决定不想要他们就告诉我，我保证可以找到喜欢穿它的人。

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B：Do you have a lot of brand name clothes?
      你有很多名牌衣服吗？

A：I wouldn’t wear anything that wasn’t a brand name.
      我不穿没有牌子的衣服。

B：Really? You must spend a lot of money on clothing then.
      真的吗？那你一定在衣服上花了很多钱。

A：I do, but I think it’s worth it. People treat you differently when you have nice clothing on.
      是的，但是我觉得值得。当你穿好衣服时人们对你的态度都不一样。

B：Do you think that’s true?
      你认为确实是那样吗？

waste

A：Sure. Pay attention as you walk down the street in those jeans. People will be looking.
      当然。当你穿着那条牛仔裤在街上走的时候你留意一下，人们会注意你。

B：I don’t believe it. I think designer clothing is a complete waste of money. Especially when you can’t afford it!
      我不相信。我认为品牌衣服完全是浪费钱，尤其是当你买不起的时候。

A：To each their own, I guess!
      我想，各人有各人的想法吧！

1. 浪费;白费
    If you waste something such as time, money, or energy, you use too much of it doing something that is not important or necessary, or is unlikely to succeed.

waste

    e.g. There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...
           原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
    e.g. I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...
           我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。

2. 浪费;滥用;糟蹋
    Waste is the use of money or other resources on things that do not need it.

    e.g. The packets are measured to reduce waste...
           包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。
    e.g. I hate waste.
           我讨厌浪费。

3. 废物;废料
    Waste is material which has been used and is no longer wanted, for example because the valuable or useful part of it has been taken out.

    e.g. Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...
           国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。
    e.g. Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.
           英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。

4. 错过(机会)
    If you waste an opportunity for something, you do not take advantage of it when it is available.

    e.g. Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...
           咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。
    e.g. It was a wasted opportunity.
           这是一个错失了的良机。

5. （因不被接受、理解等而）浪费（建议等）；使徒劳无益
    If you say that something is wasted on someone, you mean that there is no point giving it or telling it to them as they will not appreciate, understand, or pay any attention to it.

    e.g. All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.
           他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。

6. (尤指市内或市郊的土地)荒芜的，荒废的
    Waste land is land, especially in or near a city, which is not used or looked after by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish.

    e.g. There was a patch of waste land behind the church...
           教堂的后面有一块荒地。
    e.g. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.
           田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

7. 荒漠;沙漠
    Wastes are a large area of land, for example a desert, in which there are very few people, plants, or animals.

    e.g. ...the barren wastes of the Sahara.
           贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

8. see also: wasted

9. 被浪费;被糟蹋掉
    If something goes to waste, it remains unused or has to be thrown away.

waste的翻译

    e.g. So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...
           如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。
    e.g. Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.
           “墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”

10. 摧毁;把…变为荒地
    If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.

    e.g. The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.
           这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。
    e.g. ...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...
           因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

11. 勤俭节约，吃穿不缺
      The expression waste not, want not means that if you do not use too much of something now you will have some left later when you need it.

      e.g. ...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.
             为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家

12. to waste your breath -> see breath
      to waste no time -> see time

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