1. U 浪费；滥用；未充分利用　 loss, wrong use, or lack of full use
2. U 废料，废弃物　 used, damaged, or unwanted matter
3. C 荒地；未开垦的土地　 an unused or useless stretch of land; a wide empty lonely stretch of water or land

　abate ～　消除废物
　avoid ～　避免浪费
　combat ～　反对浪费
　convert ～ into useful materials　废物利用
　cut down on ～　减少浪费
　decry ～　大声反对浪费
　detect ～　检测废料
　diminish ～　减少浪费
　eliminate ～　杜绝浪费
　excrete ～　排泄废物
　incur ～　招致浪费
　lie ～　荒芜浪费
　manufacture ～　制造废物
　rebuke for ～　指责浪费现象
　recycle ～s　废物回收利用
　reduce ～　减少浪费
　reproach for ～　指责浪费现象
　result ～　引起浪费
　stop ～　杜绝浪费
　turn up all the ～s　开垦所有荒地
　wipe out ～　消除废弃物
　withdraw ～　运走垃圾
　aching ～　令人痛心的浪费
　boundless ～　无限的浪费
　dangerous ～　危险的浪费
　deliberate ～　故意的浪费
　dread ～　可怕的浪费
　enormous ～　巨大的浪费
　foolish ～　愚蠢的浪费
　frightful ～　可怕的浪费
　full ～　完全浪费
　hazardous ～s　有害废物
　hopeless ～　无望的耗费
　howling ～　极大的浪费
　hurried ～　不负责任的浪费
　illimitable ～　不可估量的浪费
　inexcusable ～　不可饶恕的浪费
　insidious ～　无意识的浪费
　intolerable ～　令人不能容忍的浪费
　radioactive ～　放射性废弃物
　spiritual ～　精神上的耗费
　terrible ～　可怕的浪费
　total ～　完全浪费
　unnecessary ～　不必要的浪费
　utter ～　纯属浪费
　vast ～　巨大的浪费
　wilful ～　任意浪费
　arctic ～s　寒冷的原野
　arid ～　不毛之地
　barren ～　不毛之地
　desert ～　不毛之地
　endless ～s　一望无边的荒原
　lonely ～　荒野，荒地
　pathless ～　无路可通的荒原
　remote ～s　人迹罕至的荒原
　ruinous ～　废墟
　shoreless ～　无边无际的荒原
　trackless ～　人迹罕至的荒原
　treeless ～　没有树木的荒原
　weltering ～　起伏的沙漠
　nuclear ～s　核废料
　solid ～s　固体废物
　the Pacific ～s　茫茫太平洋
　the polar ～s　极地荒原
　wealth from ～　废物利用
　the great expanses of ocean ～s　广阔的海洋
　the icy ～s of Antarctica　南极洲的冰雪荒原
　utter ～ of labour　十足的劳力浪费
　prodigious ～ of money　金钱的挥霍浪费
　the enormous ～ of public money　公款的巨大浪费
　the ～s of the Sahara　撒哈拉沙漠
　terrible ～ of time and money　时间和金钱的极大浪费
　a ～ of waters　一片海洋的凄凉景色

　The city budget can afford no waste.　该市预算担负不起浪费。
　They thought that cutting out waste was going to solve all their problems.　他们认为减少浪费将会解决他们的所有问题。
　Waste from the body passes out from the bowels.　身体中的食物残渣经肠道排出。
　A lot of poisonous waste from the chemical works goes into the river.　化工厂把许多有毒废水排入河中。
　Put all the waste in this bag.　把所有垃圾放进这只袋子里。
　They disposed of the the city's waste in the sea.　他们把城里的垃圾倒入海中。
　The function of the kidneys is to excrete wastes from the body.　肾的功能是排泄人体里的废物。
　Large tracts of sandy wastes were reclaimed.　大片大片的沙质荒地被开垦出来了。
　The explorers spent months in the Arctic wastes.　探险家们在北极荒原上工作了几个月。
　Dad would not permit the waste of a single drop of water.　爸爸不许我们浪费一滴水。
　I don't like to see so much waste of food when hundreds of people are hungry.　当许许多多人在挨饿时，我不愿看到这么多食物被浪费。
　I think betting is a complete waste of money.　我认为打赌完全是浪费金钱。
　Before us stretched a waste of snow and ice.　我们的面前是一片冰雪的荒原。
　It's a waste of time trying to talk to her when she's in this mood.　在她目前的心情下找她谈是没有用的。
　It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.　再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
　It would be a waste of time attempting the impossible.　试图做办不到的事是浪费时间。

 ♣ go〔run〕 to waste
　浪费，白费　be wasted
　Eat some more cake, it's a pity to let it go to waste.　再吃些蛋糕，浪费了很可惜。
　What a pity to see all that water running to waste!　眼看那些水白白浪费掉多可惜！

 ♣ waste, refuse, rubbish
　这三个词都有“废弃物”的意思。其区别是：waste作“废物”解时，是最普通用词，指失去原使用价值的、陈旧、破损了的物品；refuse通常指积聚成一堆的废旧物品或垃圾；rubbish通常泛指垃圾，包括一切废物，这些废物已毫无用处，毫无价值。例如：
　There are many heaps of refuse along the street.　沿街有许多垃圾。
　The rubbish here must be cleared away as soon as possible.　这儿的垃圾必须尽快清除。

　同他谈论这件事是浪费时间。
　［误］ It's a waste of time to talk with him about it.
　［正］ It's a waste of time talking with him about it.
　［析］ It's a waste of time句型常接v-ing而不接to-v作主语。

1. vi. & vt.浪费，徒劳　 make no use of, make poor use of; use badly or wrongly, use too much of, use more than is needed; use without a good purpose, fail to get value or benefit from
2. vi. & vt. （使）损耗，（使）消瘦　 become or cause to become weak and thin slowly; lose strength by degree
3. vt.破坏，使荒芜　 make land, building etc. waste; make useless by damage

　～ a drop of water　浪费一滴水
　～ a good opportunity　失去良机
　～ a grain of rice　浪费一粒粮食
　～ a moment　浪费一刻时间
　～ a penny　浪费一分钱
　～ effort　浪费精力
　～ energy　浪费精力
　～ family fortune　浪费家财
　～ food　浪费食物
　～ gasoline　浪费汽油
　～ huge stones with little water drops　用小小的水滴风化巨大的岩石
　～ money　浪费钱
　～ one's body　浪费体力
　～ one's breath　白费唇舌
　～ one's words　白费唇舌
　～ strength　浪费体力
　～ the buildings　使建筑物废弃
　～ the city　使城市凋敝
　～ the country　使国家满目疮痍
　～ the land　使土地荒芜
　～ time　浪费时间
　～ accidentally　意外地浪费
　～ aimlessly　无目的地浪费
　～ blindly　盲目浪费
　～ carelessly　粗心地浪费
　～ constantly　不断地浪费
　～ crudely　无理地浪费
　～ deliberately　故意浪费
　～ dumbly　愚蠢地浪费
　～ erroneously　错误地浪费
　～ fruitlessly　徒劳地浪费
　～ greatly　大量地浪费
　～ heedlessly　不留心地浪费
　～ horribly　可怕地浪费
　～ inescapably　不可避免地浪费
　～ irrationally　没有理由地浪费
　～ materially　物质上浪费
　～ overwhelmingly　过分地浪费
　～ painfully　痛苦地浪费
　～ prematurely　过早地浪费
　～ prodigally　挥霍浪费
　～ rapidly　迅速消耗
　～ rashly　轻率地浪费
　～ ruthlessly　无情地浪费
　～ senselessly　无感觉地浪费
　～ seriously　严重地浪费
　～ spiritually　精神上浪费
　～ stupendously　惊人地浪费
　～ tearfully　可怕地浪费
　～ unbearably　难以忍受地浪费
　～ unnecessarily　不必要地浪费
　～ unproductively　徒劳地浪费
　～ unprofitably　无效果地浪费
　～ unreasonably　毫无理由地浪费
　～ uselessly　没必要地浪费
　～ away　日渐消瘦
　～ away for lack of food　由于缺乏食物而日渐消瘦
　～ away from disease　因病而日渐消瘦
　～ away to a skeleton　瘦成皮包骨
　～ away to skin and bone　瘦成皮包骨
　～ away with grief　因悲痛而日渐消瘦
　～ away with illness　因病而日渐消瘦
　～ sth on　在…上耗费…
　～ sth on amusement　在娱乐上耗费…
　～ sth on experiment　在试验上耗费…
　～ sth on food　在食物上耗费…
　～ sth on operation　在手术上耗费…
　～ sth on the daily necessities　在日用品上耗费…
　～ sth on the subject　在这个问题上耗费…
　～ sth on the war　在战争中耗费…
　～ sth on things that have no importance　在鸡毛蒜皮的小事上浪费…

　Waste not, want not.　不浪费，不愁缺。
　Turn the tap off. Don't let it waste.　把水龙头关上，别让水白白流掉。
　If you don't turn the electricity off, it will waste while you are out.　如果你外出时不关闭电源，那电就会白白浪费掉。
　The oil resources in some countries are rapidly wasting.　有些国家的石油资源正被迅速地消耗掉。
　My resources are wasting rapidly.　我的财富很快化为乌有了。
　We are wasting our time by listening to such nonsense.　听这样的废话就等于浪费我们的时间。
　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。
　In order not to waste electricity, turn off all the lights when you go out.　为了不浪费电，出门时把所有的灯关掉。
　We mustn't waste a drop of water or a grain of rice.　一滴水一粒米我们都不应当浪费。
　You should not waste food when many people are hungry.　许多人正在挨饿，你不应浪费食物。
　The strange disease wasted his whole body.　这种怪病使他全身无力。
　Long dry periods wasted the land.　长期干旱使那片土地荒芜了。
　His experiment failed again. All his efforts were wasted.　他的试验又失败了。他的全部努力都白费了。
　He is wasted into a shadow.　他骨瘦如柴。
　She's wasted in her present job.　她现在的工作把她的才华给埋没了。
　The country was wasted by the war.　战争使那个国家变得满目疮痍。
　The fields were wasted by a long drought.　那些田地由于久旱而荒芜。

 ♣ waste away　(v.+adv.)
　变得衰弱〔消瘦〕　weaken; become thin and pale, possibly ill
　They wasted away for lack of food.　由于吃不饱，他们越来越虚弱了。
　He's just wasting away and the doctor seems unable to help.　他的体力日见亏损，而大夫好像也无能为力。
　Since my aunt's operation, she has simply been wasting away and may not last long.　自从我姑母动手术后，她瘦弱得简直不成样子，可能不久于人世了。
　John is wasting away with his illness.　约翰病得越来越瘦了。
　He wasted away to a skeleton.　他瘦成皮包骨了。
 ♣ waste in　(v.+prep.)
　（在…上）浪费…　spend (money or time) (in sb, sth, or doing sth)
　Though he had much to do, he wasted his time doing nothing.　尽管有许多事等着他去做，但他却浪费时间，什么也不做。
　He persuaded me not to waste my time playing games.　他劝我不要浪费时间玩游戏。
　She worked hard at her studies and never wasted time adorning herself.　她学习刻苦努力，从不在打扮上浪费时间。
　There was no need to waste any energy thinking about it.　没有必要浪费精力去考虑这事。
　You must waste no time in finishing the job.　你必须立即完成这项工作。
　We should waste no time in acting.　我们得迅速行动。
　There is no use wasting time in discussing the matter.　浪费时间去讨论这事是没有用的。
　Don't waste your time in watching television.　不要把你的时间浪费在看电视上。
 ♣ waste on　(v.+prep.)
　把…浪费在…上　spend (money or time) foolishly on (sb, sth, or doing sth)
　I'm not going to waste my time on people who refuse to help themselves.　对于自己不争气的人我不打算浪费我的时间。
　Don't waste words on him. He is stubborn.　不要在他身上白费口舌了，他很固执。
　I won't waste another minute on you unless you're going to help!　假如你不打算帮忙，我就不再对你白费口舌了。
　He wasted his time, money and ability on these worthless people.　他在这群无用之辈身上浪费了时间、金钱和精力。
　Don't waste your money on that new soap powder, it's no good.　不要花钱去买那种洗衣粉，其效果不佳。
　To think of our having wasted so much money on that.　想一想，我们在这上面竟花了这么多钱。
　He wasted a lot of time on things that have no importance.　他在不重要的事情上浪费了大量的时间。
　Why did you waste time and energy on something so hopeless?　你为什么在这种毫无希望的事情上浪费时间和精力?
　He allowed no money to be wasted on luxuries.　他不让把钱浪费在奢侈品上。
　The humour is wasted on them.　这种幽默他们并不欣赏。
　Don't waste your time on helping underservers.　别浪费时间去帮助那些不值得你帮助的人。
　I've wasted too much time fooling around, and I almost ruined my career.　我浪费了太多的时间，无所事事，差点毁了我的事业。
　If there is a word you are not familiar with, do not waste too much time worrying about what it might mean.　如果你遇到生疏的词，不要浪费太多的时间去考虑它到底是什么意思。

 ♣ waste on, waste in
　waste　后可以接介词on，也可以接in. 用on时偏重于“在…上面浪费了…”；用in时则偏重于“在…的过程中浪费了…”。因此，接时间、金钱、精力或某物时多用on，而接动名词或具有动词意味的名词时多用in.
 ♣ waste, consume, dissipate, fritter, squander
　这组词都有“浪费”的意思。其区别是：waste指任意地挥霍，通常是花费而不见成果；squander的意思比waste强，强调胡乱花费，含有花光而导致贫困的意思；dissipate指因奢侈而丧失东西，犹如随风撒东西一样，强调将存有的东西用光或几乎用光；fritter常和away连用，指一点一点地花费，或花费在不重要的东西上，含有逐渐用光的意思；consume强调吞食或毁坏，但也可指完全浪费或挥霍掉，用于金钱或财产时，指频繁地减少，偶尔用于时间或精力时，指无益地花费。例如：
　The council has been squandering the ratepayers' money.　市议会一直在挥霍房地产纳税人的金钱。
　He dissipated his large fortune in a few years of heavy spending.　他在几年的大肆挥霍中把自己一大笔财产都花光了。
　She fritters away all her money on clothes and trips to the cinema.　她把所有金钱都浪费在穿衣服和看电影上了。
　The fire soon consumed the wooden buildings.　大火很快就把那些木制建筑物吞没了。
 ♣ waste, spend
　这两个词都可表示“耗费时间、金钱、精力等”，其区别是：spend是“花有所得”，而waste则是“徒劳无益”。试比较：
　

1. 做那些不重要的事浪费了他许多时间。
　［误］ He wasted a lot of time to do things that have little importance.
　［正］ He wasted a lot of time on things that have little importance.
　［正］ He wasted a lot of time in doing things that have little importance.
　［析］ 表示“浪费时间〔金钱、精力〕去做某事”可以说waste time〔money, energy〕 (in〔on〕) v-ing，不能说waste time〔money, energy〕 to-v.
2. 他浪费在这方面的时间太多了。
　［误］ He wasted too much time for it.
　［正］ He wasted too much time on it.
　［析］ 表示“在…方面浪费”须用介词on或over，不可用for.

1. A 废弃的，无用的　 got rid of as worthless, damaged, or of no use
2. 荒芜的　 empty; ruined or destroyed

　～ basket　废纸篓
　～ bin　垃圾桶，废物桶〔箱〕
　～ can　废油罐
　～ channel　废水渠
　～ component　废物成分
　～ disposal　废料处理
　～ fluid　废渣
　～ gas　废气
　～ land　荒地，疮痍之地
　～ material　废料
　～ paper　废纸
　～ pipe　污水管，废水管
　～ products　废品
　～ recovering　废料回收
　～ town　废弃的市镇
　～ treatment　废料处理
　～ water　废水
　lay ～　糟蹋，毁坏
　lie ～ 　（土地等）荒芜

　We should convert waste materials into useful ones.　我们应该把废物加以利用。
　There are two waste paper baskets in the room.　房间里有两个废纸篓。
　Waste paper is burned at the end of each day.　每天下班时都把废纸烧掉。
　They seized on the waste tools and went away with them.　他们抓起那些报废的工具就走了。
　The public are requested not to throw waste paper about in the park.　公众被要求不得在公园里乱扔废纸。
　There is no waste land here.　这里没有荒芜的土地。
　The bicycle was found abandoned on waste ground behind the campus.　自行车被发现丢在校园后面的荒地上。

　The land became waste.　这块土地变得荒芜了。
　The land still lies waste.　这片土地还荒废着。

 ♣ lay waste
　使荒芜，蹂躏（大肆破坏）　cause to go out of cultivation; trample on
　The enemy laid waste the whole country.　敌人破坏了整个国家。
　The retreating army laid waste the fields and farm buildings along their path.　退守的军队沿途破坏了许多农田和农舍。
　Some of the finest cities of Europe have been laid waste by bombing.　欧洲一些最漂亮的城市被炸成了废墟。

　［同义词］ n. desert, destruction, rubbish, ruin, wild, wilderness v. blow, decline, destroy adj. bare, barren, empty, useless, wild
　［词源］　中古英语wasten <拉丁语vastare（荒废）